# CVE-2023-52932: mm/swapfile: add cond\_resched() in get\_swap\_pages()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.13, 3.15
- Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 3.12.30, fixed in 3.13; from 3.14.21, fixed in 3.15
- Linux: 3.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() The softlockup still occurs in get_swap_pages() under memory pressure. 64 CPU cores, 64GB memory, and 28 zram devices, the disksize of each zram device is 50MB with same priority as si. Use the stress-ng tool to increase memory pressure, causing the system to oom frequently. The plist_for_each_entry_safe() loops in get_swap_pages() could reach tens of thousands of times to find available space (extreme case: cond_resched() is not called in scan_swap_map_slots()). Let's add cond_resched() into get_swap_pages() when failed to find available space to avoid softlockup.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (3.13, 3.15) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29f0349c5c76b627fe06b87d4b13fa03a6ce8e64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/387217b97e99699c34e6d95ce2b91b327fcd853e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d49c85a1913385eed46dd16a25ad0928253767f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30187be29052bba9203b0ae2bdd815e0bc2faaab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dbe1ebd56470d03b78fc31491a9e4d433106ef2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49178d4d61e78aed8c837dfeea8a450700f196e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7717fc1a12f88701573f9ed897cc4f6699c661e3

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