A flaw was found in pfn_swap_entry_to_page in memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a local user privilege may cause a denial of service problem due to a BUG statement referencing pmd_t x.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54580 A flaw was found in pfn_swap_entry_to_page in memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a local user privilege may cause a denial of service problem due to a BUG statement referencing pmd_t x.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-07T13:03:51.808Z

Reserved: 2023-09-02T14:19:13.104Z

Link: CVE-2023-4732

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-03T17:15:09.853

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:35:51.077

Link: CVE-2023-4732

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-09-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4732 - Bugzilla

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