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Linux Linux — tty: n_gsm: require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach N_GSM0710 ldisc
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0024 16.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 – —
Linux 2.6.35 – 4.19.312
TIMELINE
May 21 Reserved by Linux
May 24 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-52880 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 24, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-52880 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.35 | 4.19.312 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-52880 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.