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CVE-2023-45863

Public on 2023-10-14
Modified on 2024-01-11
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-03-17 16:46 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-03-20 18:27 ALAS2023-2023-138

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-45863 Mitre: CVE-2023-45863 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity