CVE-2023-52702: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix possible memory leak in ovs_meter_cmd_set() old_meter needs to be free after it is detached regardless of whether the new meter is successfully attached.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.8, before 5.10.169 (fixed in 5.10.169); from 5.11, before 5.15.95 (fixed in 5.15.95); from 5.16, before 6.1.13 (fixed in 6.1.13); version 6.2 only

Published 2024-05-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.