CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-4458

7.5 HIGH Published 2024-11-14 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-11-14
Last modified
2026-10-02
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

A flaw was found within the parsing of extended attributes in the kernel ksmbd module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Linux. Only systems with ksmbd enabled are vulnerable to this CVE.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.15.131) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.52) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.4.15) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.5 < 6.5.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References