CVE-2023-45863

medium

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.

References

References
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https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-226-15

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-044-09

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-50129

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H