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CVE-2023-52438 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

CVSS

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.29% (top 78.20%)

CWE

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Published

2024-02-20T21:15:08.167

Last modified

2026-08-04T10:18:27.007

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f489c2067c5824528212b0fc18b28d51332d906
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad4d580e8aff8de2a4d57c5930fcc29f1ffd4a6
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa04c93f24138747807fe75b5591bb680098f56
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a49087ab93508b60d9b8add91707a22dda832869
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a53e15e592b4dcc91c3a3b8514e484a0bdbc53a3
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c1158ffb007197f31f9d9170cf13e4f34cbb5c
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e074686e993ff1be5f21b085a3b1b4275ccd5727
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f489c2067c5824528212b0fc18b28d51332d906
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad4d580e8aff8de2a4d57c5930fcc29f1ffd4a6
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa04c93f24138747807fe75b5591bb680098f56

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