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CVE-2023-4732 — A flaw was found in pfn_swap_entry_to_page in memory management subsystem in the

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.

CVSS
4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.01% (top 97.90%)
CWE
CWE-366
Published
2023-10-03T16:55:01.864Z
Last modified
2025-11-07T13:03:51.808Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-477.36.1.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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