CVE-2023-4273Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Kernel

Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.0OSV7.0OSV5.7OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 9
Latest updateOct 31

Description

A flaw was found in the exFAT driver of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability exists in the implementation of the file name reconstruction function, which is responsible for reading file name entries from a directory index and merging file name parts belonging to one file into a single long file name. Since the file name characters are copied into a stack variable, a local privileged attacker could use this flaw to overflow the kernel stack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 6.4+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-86.96

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0, 12.0, Enterprise Linux 9.0, Fedora 37, 38

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

12
OSV
linux-nvidia-6.2 vulnerabilities2023-10-31
OSV
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 vulnerabilities2023-10-24
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2023-10-19
OSV
linux-intel-iotg vulnerabilities2023-10-19
OSV
linux-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities2023-10-06

📋Vendor Advisories

11
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2023-10-31
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2023-10-19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities2023-10-19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2023-10-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2023-10-05

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2023-4273 kernel: exFAT: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry2023-07-10
CVE-2023-4273 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Kernel | cvebase