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CVE-2023-52975

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52975 is a high-severity Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability found in the Linux kernel's iSCSI TCP module. This flaw occurs when a task attempts to access the `shost ipaddress` attribute during an iSCSI session logout, potentially leading to a kernel crash. With a CVSS score of 7.8, a local attacker with low privileges could exploit this to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community attention for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.10.248CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.93CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52975Moderate

kernel: scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress

Mar 27, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0af745fddefbd56198f4f35eb309215ee5f9e21e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/17b738590b97fb3fc287289971d1519ff9b875a1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6f1d64b13097e85abda0f91b5638000afc5f9a06
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8859687f5b242c0b057461df0a9ff51d5500783b
Patch