vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-38431
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Jul 17, 2023 | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 17, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Sep 2, 2025
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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