CVE-2023-3867 (GCVE-0-2023-3867)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-16 13:29 – Updated: 2026-08-15 12:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ksmbd: fix out of bounds read in smb2_sess_setup
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix out of bounds read in smb2_sess_setup
ksmbd does not consider the case of that smb2 session setup is
in compound request. If this is the second payload of the compound,
OOB read issue occurs while processing the first payload in
the smb2_sess_setup().
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 676392184785ace61e939831e7ca44a03d438c3b
(git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < ef572ffa8eb44111eed2925fbb2adca78bdcbf61 (git) Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 2ba03cecb12ac7ac9e0170e251543c56832d9959 (git) Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 98422bdd4cb3ca4d08844046f6507d7ec2c2b8d8 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.145 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.40 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.5 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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