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CVE-2023-52879 — 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

0.23% (top 86.60%)

CWE

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Published

2024-05-21T16:15:24.530

Last modified

2026-08-04T10:18:47.223

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.

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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/2c9de867ca285c397cd71af703763fe416265706
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fa74d29fc1899c237d51bf9a6e132ea5c488976
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9034c87d61be8cff989017740a91701ac8195a1d
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/961c4511c7578d6b8f39118be919016ec3db1c1e
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a98172e36e5f1b3d29ad71fade2d611cfcc2fe6f
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb32500fb9b78215e4ef6ee8b4345c5f5d7eafb4
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbc7c29dff0fa18162f2a3889d82eeefd67305e0
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c9de867ca285c397cd71af703763fe416265706
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fa74d29fc1899c237d51bf9a6e132ea5c488976
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9034c87d61be8cff989017740a91701ac8195a1d

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