What is CVE-2023-52930?

CVE-2023-52930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-52930?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Double Free in Linux

CVE-2023-52930

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix potential bit_17 double-free A userspace with multiple threads racing I915_GEM_SET_TILING to set the tiling to I915_TILING_NONE could trigger a double free of the bit_17 bitmask. (Or conversely leak memory on the transition to tiled.) Move allocation/free'ing of the bitmask within the section protected by the obj lock. [tursulin: Correct fixes tag and added cc stable.] (cherry picked from commit 10e0cbaaf1104f449d695c80bcacf930dcd3c42e)

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.003 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 2850748ef8763ab46958e43a4d1c445f29eeb37d, 5.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

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-2023-52930?: CVE-2023-52930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-52930?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.