CVE-2023-52880: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: n_gsm: require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach N_GSM0710 ldisc Any unprivileged user can attach N_GSM0710 ldisc, but it requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to create a GSM network anyway. Require initial namespace CAP_NET_ADMIN to do that.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.19.312 (fixed in 4.19.312); from 4.20, before 5.4.274 (fixed in 5.4.274); from 5.5, before 5.10.215 (fixed in 5.10.215); from 5.11, before 5.15.155 (fixed in 5.15.155); from 5.16, before 6.1.86 (fixed in 6.1.86); from 6.2, before 6.6 (fixed in 6.6)

Published 2024-05-24. Last modified 2026-08-04.