What is CVE-2023-52616?

CVE-2023-52616 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and patched in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79 and others. CVE-2023-52616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52616?

CVE-2023-52616 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-2023-52616?

Yes, CVE-2023-52616 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-52616 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-52616

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: lib/mpi - Fix unexpected pointer access in mpi_ec_init When the mpi_ec_ctx structure is initialized, some fields are not cleared, causing a crash when referencing the field when the structure was released. Initially, this issue was ignored because memory for mpi_ec_ctx is allocated with the __GFP_ZERO flag. For example, this error will be triggered when calculating the Za value for SM2 separately.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-03-18

Last modified 2025-03-10

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.15, 6.7.3, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.210 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.149 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.79 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.15 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.3 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3687822259a7628c85cd21a3445cbe3c367165

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bb86817b33c9d704e127f92b838035a72c315b6

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7abdfd45a650c714d5ebab564bb1b988f14d9b49

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ebf812b7019fd2d4d5a7ca45ef4bf3a6f4bda0a

Mailing List Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba3c5574203034781ac4231acf117da917efcd2a

Mailing List Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-52616

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-03-18

Modified 2025-03-10

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52616?

CVE-2023-52616 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and has been patched in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79 and others. CVE-2023-52616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52616?

CVE-2023-52616 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-2023-52616?

Yes. CVE-2023-52616 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-52616 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2023-52616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.