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CVE-2023-45863 (GCVE-0-2023-45863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 20:29
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Summary
An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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