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CVE-2023-38428

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c in ksmbd does not properly check the UserName value because it does not consider the address of security buffer, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0001/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=f0a96d1aafd8964e1f9955c830a3e5cb3c60a90f

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-18

Updated: 2024-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical