What is CVE-2023-52672?

CVE-2023-52672 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.8 onward and patched in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.76 and others. CVE-2023-52672 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52672?

CVE-2023-52672 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-2023-52672?

Yes, CVE-2023-52672 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.76 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-52672 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52672 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

CVE-2023-52672

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pipe: wakeup wr_wait after setting max_usage Commit c73be61cede5 ("pipe: Add general notification queue support") a regression was introduced that would lock up resized pipes under certain conditions. See the reproducer in [1]. The commit resizing the pipe ring size was moved to a different function, doing that moved the wakeup for pipe->wr_wait before actually raising pipe->max_usage. If a pipe was full before the resize occured it would result in the wakeup never actually triggering pipe_write. Set @max_usage and @nr_accounted before waking writers if this isn't a watch queue. [Christian Brauner <[email protected]>: rewrite to account for watch queues]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2025-12-23

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

Weakness type

CWE-400

CVE-2023-52672 is a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.76, 6.6.15, 6.7.3, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.8

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.210 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.149 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.76 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/162ae0e78bdabf84ef10c1293c4ed7865cb7d3c8

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efbd114b91525bb095b8ae046382197d92126b9

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e51bdb1194f11d3452525b99c98aff6f837b24

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb70694f8d1ac34e45246b0ac988f025e1e5b55

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b87a1229d8668fbc78ebd9ca0fc797a76001c60f

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-52672

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2025-12-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52672?

CVE-2023-52672 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.8 onward and has been patched in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.76 and others. CVE-2023-52672 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52672?

CVE-2023-52672 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-2023-52672?

Yes. CVE-2023-52672 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.76 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-52672 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2023-52672 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.