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Unscored CVE-2023-52609 EUVD-2023-57233GHSA-5h3h-5652-8xp5

binder: fix race between mmput() and do_exit()

Published Mar 18, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binder: fix race between mmput() and do_exit()

Task A calls binder_update_page_range() to allocate and insert pages on
a remote address space from Task B. For this, Task A pins the remote mm
via mmget_not_zero() first. This can race with Task B do_exit() and the
final mmput() refcount decrement will come from Task A.

Task A | Task B
------------------+------------------
mmget_not_zero() |
| do_exit()
| exit_mm()
| mmput()
mmput() |
exit_mmap() |
remove_vma() |
fput() |

In this case, the work of ____fput() from Task B is queued up in Task A
as TWA_RESUME. So in theory, Task A returns to userspace and the cleanup
work gets executed. However, Task A instead sleep, waiting for a reply
from Task B that never comes (it's dead).

This means the binder_deferred_release() is blocked until an unrelated
binder event forces Task A to go back to userspace. All the associated
death notifications will also be delayed until then.

In order to fix this use mmput_async() that will schedule the work in
the corresponding mm->async_put_work WQ instead of Task A.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.29 4.19.306

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.76-1 —
Debian 10 linux 4.19.316-1 DLA-3840-1
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 DLA-3841-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1040.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-102.112 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1060.69 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1060.69.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1055.63 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1054.59 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1040.46 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 USN-6818-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1050.53 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1052.58 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1048.48 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1021.22 USN-6818-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25 USN-6819-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1055.61 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1 USN-6819-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.5 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-176.196 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1122.132 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1057.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1127.134 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1082.89 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1126.135 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1055.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1089.93 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1069.74 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1050.53~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1034.35 USN-6726-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1110.117 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1121.130 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1106.118 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1053.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1041.45 USN-6726-3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 13 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1058.66 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1057.63+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1060.69+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-102.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1122.132+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1127.134+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1096.106 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1126.135+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1122.132~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1127.134~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1126.135~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-175.195~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1069.74~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1121.130~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1106.118~18.04.1 USN-6726-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —

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