CVE-2023-45863

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 29
Modified
Published: 14 Oct 2023, 00:00
Last modified:02 Aug 2024, 20:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.4 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Oct 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
02 Aug 2024, 20:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 2%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 6.2.3

References (4)