VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-45863
With root access, an attacker can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write.
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394Mailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394Mailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.