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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-52932 EUVD-2023-59758GHSA-443g-xxfv-37vx

mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated May 23, 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-5.4 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-5.15 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:

mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()

The softlockup still occurs in get_swap_pages() under memory pressure. 64
CPU cores, 64GB memory, and 28 zram devices, the disksize of each zram
device is 50MB with same priority as si. Use the stress-ng tool to
increase memory pressure, causing the system to oom frequently.

The plist_for_each_entry_safe() loops in get_swap_pages() could reach tens
of thousands of times to find available space (extreme case:
cond_resched() is not called in scan_swap_map_slots()). Let's add
cond_resched() into get_swap_pages() when failed to find available space
to avoid softlockup.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.12.30 – < 3.13, 3.14.21 – < 3.15, 3.16 3.13

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 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.11-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1017.19 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-72.79 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1036.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1038.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1038.45.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1034.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1033.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1030.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1030.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1035.41 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1029.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-149.166 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1102.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1036.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1108.114 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1038.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1064.70 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1105.114 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1034.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-72.79~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1049.54 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1091.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1101.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1035.41~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1085.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1024.28 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-211.222 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1156.169 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1103.111~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1165.180 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1108.114~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1150.166 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1105.114~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-149.166~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1049.54~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1140.145 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1119.130 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1085.96~18.04.1 —
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1038.41 —
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 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1102.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1108.114+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1077.86 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1105.114+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2095.101 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2074.80 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1111.122 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2058.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1156.169~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1165.180~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1150.166~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-211.222~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1119.130~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1165.180~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315
RHEL 9 rv +67 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.12-17.42 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-132
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.12-17.42.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-132
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.309-231.529 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-1987
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.309-231.529.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-1987

Advisories 4

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