CVE-2023-52702

kernel: net: openvswitch: fix possible memory leak in ovs_meter_cmd_set()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime