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high 7.8

CVE-2023-52524 json

net: nfc: llcp: Add lock when modifying device list

published 2024-03-02 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57149

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

net: nfc: llcp: Add lock when modifying device list

The device list needs its associated lock held when modifying it, or the list could become corrupted, as syzbot discovered.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.258, 5.10.198, 5.15.135, 6.1.57, 6.4, 6.5, 6.5.7, 6.6
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.64-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.5.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52524

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-171.189
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-94.104
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1118.128
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1053.58
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1122.131
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1051.59
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1050.55
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1065.70

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52524

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 5.3.18-150300.197.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 5.3.18-150300.197.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:0230-1SUSE-SU-2025:0202-1SUSE-SU-2024:4388-1SUSE-SU-2024:4317-1SUSE-SU-2024:4313-1SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52524 updated cvss 6.7

kernel: net: nfc: llcp: Add lock when modifying device list

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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