CVE-2023-39180CWE-400

Kernel: ksmbd: read request memory leak denial-of-service vulnerability

Medium · published November 18, 2024

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found within the handling of SMB2_READ commands in the kernel ksmbd module. The issue results from not releasing memory after its effective lifetime. An attacker can leverage this to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Linux. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability, but only systems with ksmbd enabled are vulnerable.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01439 · 73.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2024-11-18T09:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 NOV 09:53Z
    Kernel: ksmbd: read request memory leak denial-of-service vulnerability
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