CVE-2023-52429: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-52429 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 24Timeline
- 12-02-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
dm_table_create in drivers/md/dm-table.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 can attempt to (in alloc_targets) allocate more than INT_MAX bytes, and crash, because of a missing check for struct dm_ioctl.target_count.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
16%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.25% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsThe product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.
- CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size ValueThe product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu116 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-253.287 | < 4.15.0-224.236 | < 5.4.0-176.196 | < 5.15.0-102.112
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1130.136 | < 4.4.0-1168.183 | < 4.15.0-1167.180 | < 5.4.0-1122.132 | < 5.15.0-1057.63
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.82-1 | < 6.7.7-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL38 | 39
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel< 5.10.210 | ≥ 5.11.0, < 5.15.149 | ≥ 5.16.0, < 6.1.79 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.6.18 | ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.6
4 vendors · 119 products
