Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-3867ksmbd: fix out of bounds read in smb2_sess_setup

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.3% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)6.3%top 6.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out of bounds read in smb2_sess_setup ksmbd does not consider the case of that smb2 session setup is in compound request. If this is the second payload of the compound, OOB read issue occurs while processing the first payload in the smb2_sess_setup().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3867
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3867
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63USN-6725-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.26.2.0-1015.15~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.26.2.0-1015.15~22.04.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.26.2.0-1018.20~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.26.2.0-1018.20~22.04.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.26.2.0-36.37~22.04.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.26.2.0-36.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.26.2.0-1016.16~22.04.1USN-6464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.26.2.0-1011.11USN-6466-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.26.2.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.26.2.0-1009.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.26.2.0-1009.10~22.04.1USN-6520-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3867

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 676392184785ace61e939831e7ca44a03d438c3be2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before ef572ffa8eb44111eed2925fbb2adca78bdcbf61e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 2ba03cecb12ac7ac9e0170e251543c56832d9959e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 98422bdd4cb3ca4d08844046f6507d7ec2c2b8d8
Linux Linux 5.15

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