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.

Published 2024-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.12.17, 6.5.7, 5.14
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.