critical9.8
CVE-2023-38429
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.15 before 5.15.113 from 5.16 before 6.1.30 from 6.2 before 6.3.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=443d61d1fa9faa60ef925513d83742902390100f
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=443d61d1fa9faa60ef925513d83742902390100f
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0009/