🛡️ CVE-2023-52482 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD

7.8

CVSS Score

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Description

x86/srso: Add SRSO mitigation for Hygon processors

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

x86/srso: Add SRSO mitigation for Hygon processors

Add mitigation for the speculative return stack overflow vulnerability

which exists on Hygon processors too.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-52482 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

CVE-2023-52482 is recorded against 3 packages.

debian-linux
kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.5.6)
linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 29 February 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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lists.debian.org

CVE-2023-52482 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.8

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

CWE CWE-787

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2024-02-29

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ce2f297a7168274547d0b5aea6c7c16268b8a96

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
debian-linux	—	—
kernel	6.2.0	6.5.6
linux-kernel	—	—

References

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ce2f297a7168274547d0b5aea6c7c16268b8a96

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5ef7d68cea1344cf524f04981c2b3f80bedbb0d

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf43b304b6952b549d58feabc342807b334f03d4

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea043bc3f19473561c08565047b3f1671bf35d

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f090a8b4d2e3ec6f318d6fdab243a2edc5a8cc37

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ce2f297a7168274547d0b5aea6c7c16268b8a96

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5ef7d68cea1344cf524f04981c2b3f80bedbb0d

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf43b304b6952b549d58feabc342807b334f03d4

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea043bc3f19473561c08565047b3f1671bf35d

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f090a8b4d2e3ec6f318d6fdab243a2edc5a8cc37

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

🔗 NVD 🔗 Mitre ✅ Fix / Advisory

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