What is CVE-2023-52905?

CVE-2023-52905 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and patched in 6.1.7 and 6.2. CVE-2023-52905 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52905?

CVE-2023-52905 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-2023-52905?

Yes, CVE-2023-52905 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.7 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-52905 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52905 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-52905

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix resource leakage in VF driver unbind resources allocated like mcam entries to support the Ntuple feature and hash tables for the tc feature are not getting freed in driver unbind. This patch fixes the issue.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-21

Last modified 2024-09-13

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 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.7, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.7 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-52905 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/53da7aec32982f5ee775b69dce06d63992ce4af3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ca0ad10df08ea36bcac1288062d567d22604c9
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-52905

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-21

Modified 2024-09-13

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52905?

CVE-2023-52905 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and has been patched in 6.1.7 and 6.2. CVE-2023-52905 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-52905?

CVE-2023-52905 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-2023-52905?

Yes — CVE-2023-52905 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.7 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-52905 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-52905 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.