CVE-2023-5345

Published Oct 3, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS high 7.8
Smb
Ubuntu

Overview

Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's fs/smb/client component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. In case of an error in smb3_fs_context_parse_param, ctx->password was freed but the field was not set to NULL which could lead to double free. We recommend upgrading past commit e6e43b8aa7cd3c3af686caf0c2e11819a886d705.
Source
cve-coordination@google.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

cve-coordination@google.com
CWE-416
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-416

Social media

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  1. #Kernel_Security Linux File System Basics Part 1 https://t.co/fWmpSJR1PG // Overview and CVE-2022-0185 / CVE-2023-5345 Part 2 https://t.co/Hk1bM0BcGE // Isolation, Permission Model and CVE-2023-0386

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.