CVE-2023-38429

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. fs/ksmbd/connection.c in ksmbd has an off-by-one error in memory allocation (because of ksmbd_smb2_check_message) that may lead to out-of-bounds access.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4	Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=443d61d1fa9faa60ef925513d83742902390100f	Patch
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4	Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=443d61d1fa9faa60ef925513d83742902390100f	Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0009/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

03 Jan 2025, 12:15

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References		() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0009/ -

Information

Published : 2023-07-18 00:15

Updated : 2025-01-03 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-38429

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38429

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38429

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-193

Off-by-one Error

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