{"cve":"CVE-2023-54268","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:15.623","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:07.637","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndebugobjects: Don't wake up kswapd from fill_pool()\n\nsyzbot is reporting a lockdep warning in fill_pool() because the allocation\nfrom debugobjects is using GFP_ATOMIC, which is (__GFP_HIGH | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)\nand therefore tries to wake up kswapd, which acquires kswapd_wait::lock.\n\nSince fill_pool() might be called with arbitrary locks held, fill_pool()\nshould not assume that acquiring kswapd_wait::lock is safe.\n\nUse __GFP_HIGH instead and remove __GFP_NORETRY as it is pointless for\n!__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c088d30a72d9b8f9c6ae9362222942e4075cb00","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee97eec77029270866c704f66cdf2881cbd2fe1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be646802b3dc408c4dc72a3ac32c3f4a0282414d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fff52c99d52f180d8bef95d8ed8fec6343889c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb799279fb1f9c63c520fe8c1c41cb9154252db6"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54268","score":0.00205,"percentile":0.1047,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}