5.5

CVE-2023-52459: media: v4l: async: Fix duplicated list deletion

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52459DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52459
Published 23-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52459 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13767-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 23-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l: async: Fix duplicated list deletion The list deletion call dropped here is already called from the helper function in the line before. Having a second list_del() call results in either a warning (with CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y): list_del corruption, c46c8198->next is LIST_POISON1 (00000100) If CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is disabled the operation results in a kernel error due to NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu65 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 28a1295795d85a25f2e7dd391c43969e95fcb341, < b7062628caeaec90e8f691ebab2d70f31b7b6b91 | ≥ 28a1295795d85a25f2e7dd391c43969e95fcb341, < 49d82811428469566667f22749610b8c132cdb3e | ≥ 28a1295795d85a25f2e7dd391c43969e95fcb341, < 3de6ee94aae701fa949cd3b5df6b6a440ddfb8f2 | 6.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.6.0, < 6.6.14 | ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.6.15-1

3 vendors · 68 products

References

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