# CVE-2023-52646: aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref Commit e4a0d3e720e7 ("aio: Make it possible to remap aio ring") introduced a null-deref if mremap is called on an old aio mapping after fork as mm->ioctx_table will be set to NULL. [jmoyer@redhat.com: fix 80 column issue]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/808f1e4b5723ae4eda724d2ad6f6638905eefd95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8dca1bfe9adcae38b35add64977818c0c13dd22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4326d0080f7e84fba775da41d158f46cf9d3f1c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c261f798f7baa8080cf0214081d43d5f86bb073f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/178993157e8c50aef7f35d7d6d3b44bb428199e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af126acf01a12bdb04986fd26fc2eb3b40249e0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e9d6f8647650a7bead74c5f926e29970e834d1

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