Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2023
CVE-2023-45863
An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 6.2.3 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45863
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45863
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
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