CVE-2023-45863

Published Oct 14, 2023

Last updated 10 months ago

CVSS medium 6.4

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.4
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.5
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CFC92E07-E27C-4387-AC08-C20CCB92478A",
            "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References