Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.39.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-6127995
  • published15 Dec 2023
  • disclosed12 Dec 2023

Introduced: 12 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-45863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-extra to version 5.14.21-150500.55.39.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1