High severity · published Mar 16, 2023
CVE-2023-28466
do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c in the Linux kernel through 6.2.6 lacks a lock_sock call, leading to a race condition (with a resultant use-after-free or NULL pointer…
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c in the Linux kernel through 6.2.6 lacks a lock_sock call, leading to a race condition (with a resultant use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.13 through 5.4.240; 5.5 before 5.10.177; 5.11 before 5.15.105; 5.16 before 6.1.20; 6.2 before 6.2.7 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
H3
H300s · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
H4
H410c · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
H4
H410s · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
H5
H500s · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
H7
H700s · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28466
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28466
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=49c47cc21b5b7a3d8deb18fc57b0aa2ab1286962
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0006/
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