Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5969362
  • published15 Oct 2023
  • disclosed14 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Oct 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in fill_kobj_path. Note: This is only exploitable by an attacker with root access.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1