VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-3268
This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An out of bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel in relay_file_read_start_pos in kernel/relay.c in the relayfs. This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.2Mailing List, Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43ec16f1450f4936025a9bdf1a273affdb9732c1Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1682238502-1892-1-git-send-email-yangpc%40wangsu.com/T/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.2Mailing List, Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43ec16f1450f4936025a9bdf1a273affdb9732c1Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1682238502-1892-1-git-send-email-yangpc%40wangsu.com/T/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.