CVE-2023-52884
Linux Kernel 5.11 – 5.15.161
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-52884 is a medium-severity Improper Locking (CWE-667) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 4.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59597
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: cyapa - add missing input core locking to suspend/resume functions Grab input->mutex during suspend/resume functions like it is done in other input drivers. This fixes the following warning during…
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system suspend/resume cycle on Samsung Exynos5250-based Snow Chromebook: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1680 at drivers/input/input.c:2291 input_device_enabled+0x68/0x6c Modules linked in: ... CPU: 1 PID: 1680 Comm: kworker/u4:12 Tainted: G W 6.6.0-rc5-next-20231009 #14109 Hardware name: Samsung Exynos (Flattened Device Tree) Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x58/0x70 dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0x1a8/0x1cc __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x18c/0x1b4 warn_slowpath_fmt from input_device_enabled+0x68/0x6c input_device_enabled from cyapa_gen3_set_power_mode+0x13c/0x1dc cyapa_gen3_set_power_mode from cyapa_reinitialize+0x10c/0x15c cyapa_reinitialize from cyapa_resume+0x48/0x98 cyapa_resume from dpm_run_callback+0x90/0x298 dpm_run_callback from device_resume+0xb4/0x258 device_resume from async_resume+0x20/0x64 async_resume from async_run_entry_fn+0x40/0x15c async_run_entry_fn from process_scheduled_works+0xbc/0x6a8 process_scheduled_works from worker_thread+0x188/0x454 worker_thread from kthread+0x108/0x140 kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Exception stack(0xf1625fb0 to 0xf1625ff8) ... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ... ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1680 at drivers/input/input.c:2291 input_device_enabled+0x68/0x6c Modules linked in: ... CPU: 1 PID: 1680 Comm: kworker/u4:12 Tainted: G W 6.6.0-rc5-next-20231009 #14109 Hardware name: Samsung Exynos (Flattened Device Tree) Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x58/0x70 dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0x1a8/0x1cc __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x18c/0x1b4 warn_slowpath_fmt from input_device_enabled+0x68/0x6c input_device_enabled from cyapa_gen3_set_power_mode+0x13c/0x1dc cyapa_gen3_set_power_mode from cyapa_reinitialize+0x10c/0x15c cyapa_reinitialize from cyapa_resume+0x48/0x98 cyapa_resume from dpm_run_callback+0x90/0x298 dpm_run_callback from device_resume+0xb4/0x258 device_resume from async_resume+0x20/0x64 async_resume from async_run_entry_fn+0x40/0x15c async_run_entry_fn from process_scheduled_works+0xbc/0x6a8 process_scheduled_works from worker_thread+0x188/0x454 worker_thread from kthread+0x108/0x140 kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Exception stack(0xf1625fb0 to 0xf1625ff8) ... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure development lifecycle includes concurrency and locking requirements that reduce improper locking defects.
A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against attacks such as buffer overflows or SQL injection) be identified and specified during development or acquisition; it does not itself enforce, implement, or prevent improper locking from being present or exploitable in the resulting application.
Secure architecture principles address thread-safety and resource synchronization.
Secure coding standards directly prohibit missing or incorrect lock usage.
Security testing can detect race conditions and locking errors before release.
Change management may catch locking issues introduced by modifications but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-667, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.