CVE-2023-38429
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. fs/ksmbd/connection.c in ksmbd has an off-by-one error in memory allocation (because of ksmbd_smb2_check_message) that may lead to out-of-bounds access.
How to fix CVE-2023-38429
To remediate CVE-2023-38429, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/linux—upgrade to 6.1.37-1 or later
Is CVE-2023-38429 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 6.1.37-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |