Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-38428

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c in ksmbd does not properly check the UserName value because it does not consider the address of security buffer, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernelcpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)range: <6.3.4

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References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/ksmbdnvdPatch
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0001/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.4nvdRelease Notes

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