What is CVE-2023-52520?

CVE-2023-52520 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2023-52520 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52520?

CVE-2023-52520 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-52520?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-52520. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2023-52520 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52520 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-52520

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix reference leak If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(), a reference to that attribute is returned which needs to be disposed accordingly using kobject_put(). Move the setting name validation into a separate function to allow for this change without having to duplicate the cleanup code for this setting. As a side note, a very similar bug was fixed in commit 7295a996fdab ("platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak"), so it seems that the bug was copied from that driver. Compile-tested only.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-03-02

Last modified 2024-12-11

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-52520 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124cf0ea4b82e1444ec8c7420af4e7db5558c293
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/528ab3e605cabf2f9c9bd5944d3bfe15f6e94f81
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af21c9119a37cecb7ff27ce0c2f3cf721e9d0ec4
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-52520

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-03-02

Modified 2024-12-11

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52520?

CVE-2023-52520 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2023-52520 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52520?

CVE-2023-52520 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-52520?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-52520. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2023-52520 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-52520 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.