CVE-2023-38426

Public on 2023-07-18
Modified on 2024-03-01
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. ksmbd has an out-of-bounds read in smb2_find_context_vals when create_context's name_len is larger than the tag length.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H