Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.5-rc6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-8383386
  • published18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed18 Nov 2024
  • creditPumpkin

Introduced: 18 Nov 2024

CVE-2023-39176  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.5-rc6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to improper validation of user-supplied data in the parsing of SMB2 requests. An attacker can disclose sensitive information by reading past the end of an allocated buffer.

CVSS Scores

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