What is CVE-2023-52672?

CVE-2023-52672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-52672?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2023-52672

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…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (16.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, 5.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52672?: CVE-2023-52672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-52672?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.