Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-38431
CVE-2023-38431
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.
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3- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/smb/servernvdPatch
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0011/nvdThird Party Advisory
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.8nvdRelease Notes
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