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CVE-2023-4732

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4732 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's memory management subsystem, specifically within the pfn_swap_entry_to_page function, affecting Linux and Red Hat distributions. A local attacker with low privileges can trigger a system crash by exploiting a BUG statement related to pmd_t x. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.13.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0_ppc64leCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.36.1.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-4732Moderate

kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap to release those same pages getting invalid opcode BUG in include/linux/swapops.h

Sep 2, 2023

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:6901
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:7077
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:7539
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:0412
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-4732
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory