What is CVE-2023-52529?

CVE-2023-52529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-52529?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2023-52529

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: sony: Fix a potential memory leak in sony_probe() If an error occurs after a successful usb_alloc_urb() call, usb_free_urb() should be called.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.12.17, 6.5.7, 5.14
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52529?: CVE-2023-52529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-52529?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.