CVE-2023-38431

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 1.16%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-07-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2023-38431

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS

9.1

EPSS

1.16%

Linux

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.8. fs/smb/server/connection.c in ksmbd does not validate the relationship between the NetBIOS header's length field and the SMB header sizes, via pdu_size in ksmbd_conn_handler_loop, leading to an out-of-bounds read.