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🛡️ CVE-2023-52513 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

RDMA/siw: Fix connection failure handling

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

RDMA/siw: Fix connection failure handling

In case immediate MPA request processing fails, the newly

created endpoint unlinks the listening endpoint and is

ready to be dropped. This special case was not handled

correctly by the code handling the later TCP socket close,

causing a NULL dereference crash in siw_cm_work_handler()

when dereferencing a NULL listener. We now also cancel

the useless MPA timeout, if immediate MPA request

processing fails.

This patch furthermore simplifies MPA processing in general:

Scheduling a useless TCP socket read in sk_data_ready() upcall

is now surpressed, if the socket is already moved out of

TCP_ESTABLISHED state.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-52513 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.5.7)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 2 March 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-52513 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.5.7
linux-kernel — —

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