CVE-2023-38430

Summary

CVECVE-2023-38430
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-18 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-31 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.9. ksmbd does not validate the SMB request protocol ID, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE-2023-38430 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.9 MISC cdn.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199651 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6285-1)
  • 199879 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6464-1)
  • 199883 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (NVIDIA) Vulnerabilities (USN-6466-1)
  • 199957 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (StarFive) Vulnerabilities (USN-6520-1)
  • 200243 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6725-1)
  • 907151 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (27508-1)
  • 907204 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (27534-1)
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