What is CVE-2023-38429?

CVE-2023-38429 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10. CVE-2023-38429 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-38429?

CVE-2023-38429 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-38429?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-38429. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2023-38429 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-38429 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-38429

Critical

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. fs/ksmbd/connection.c in ksmbd has an off-by-one error in memory allocation (because of ksmbd_smb2_check_message) that may lead to out-of-bounds access.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-07-18

Last modified 2025-01-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

9.8

out of 10

Critical

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-193

CVE-2023-38429 is classified as CWE-193

See CWE-193 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-38429 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4

Release Notes
Security
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0009/
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbd?id=443d61d1fa9faa60ef925513d83742902390100f
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-38429

Severity Critical

CVSS score 9.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-07-18

Modified 2025-01-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38429?

CVE-2023-38429 is a Critical severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10 . CVE-2023-38429 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-38429?

CVE-2023-38429 has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, rated Critical severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-38429?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-38429. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2023-38429 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-38429 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.