CVE-2023-1582: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race problem was found in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the memory management sub-component in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with user privilege to cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.7 (fixed in 5.7); version 5.7 only

Published 2023-04-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.