5.5

CVE-2023-52992: bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52992DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52992
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52992 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% 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
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 5 · Related 4
RHSA-2023:6583SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common() The following kernel panic can be triggered when a task with pid=1 attaches a prog that attempts to send killing signal to itself, also see [1] for more details: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 6.1.0-09652-g59fe41b5255f #148 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x178 lib/dump_stack.c:106 panic+0x2c4/0x60f kernel/panic.c:275 do_exit.cold+0x63/0xe4 kernel/exit.c:789 do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:950 get_signal+0x2460/0x2600 kernel/signal.c:2858 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x78/0x5d0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296 do_syscall_64+0x44/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd So skip task with pid=1 in bpf_send_signal_common() to avoid the panic. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221222043507.33037-1-sunhao.th@gmail.com

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu114 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-147.164 | < 5.15.0-70.77
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1100.108 | < 5.15.0-1034.38
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8b401f9ed2441ad9e219953927a842d24ed051fc, < 4923160393b06a34759a11b17930d71e06f396f2 | ≥ 8b401f9ed2441ad9e219953927a842d24ed051fc, < a1c0263f1eb4deee132e11e52ee6982435460d81 | ≥ 8b401f9ed2441ad9e219953927a842d24ed051fc, < 0dfef503133565fa0bcf3268d8eeb5b181191a65 | ≥ 8b401f9ed2441ad9e219953927a842d24ed051fc, < 1283a01b6e19d05f7ed49584ea653947245cd41e | ≥ 8b401f9ed2441ad9e219953927a842d24ed051fc, < a3d81bc1eaef48e34dd0b9b48eefed9e02a06451 | 5.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.3, < 5.4.231 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.167 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.92 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.10 | 6.2:rc1 | 6.2:rc2 | 6.2:rc3 | 6.2:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.11-1

3 vendors · 117 products

References

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