What is CVE-2023-52522?

CVE-2023-52522 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2023-52522 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52522?

CVE-2023-52522 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-2023-52522?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-52522. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2023-52522 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52522 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-52522

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work() While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(), I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an RCU protected item from a list. Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side to prevent store tearing. I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support, this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-03-02

Last modified 2025-09-16

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-2023-52522 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/147d89ee41434b97043c2dcb17a97dc151859baa
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25563b581ba3a1f263a00e8c9a97f5e7363be6fd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ea52a2fb8e87067e26bbab4efb8872639240eb0
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-52522

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-03-02

Modified 2025-09-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52522?

CVE-2023-52522 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2023-52522 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52522?

CVE-2023-52522 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-2023-52522?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-52522. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2023-52522 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-52522 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.