Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52434smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts()

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-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 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() Validate offsets and lengths before dereferencing create contexts in smb2_parse_contexts(). This fixes following oops when accessing invalid create contexts from server: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8881178d8cc3 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 4a01067 P4D 4a01067 PUD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 3 PID: 1736 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 6.7.0-rc4 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:smb2_parse_contexts+0xa0/0x3a0 [cifs] Code: f8 10 75 13 48 b8 93 ad 25 50 9c b4 11 e7 49 39 06 0f 84 d2 00 00 00 8b 45 00 85 c0 74 61 41 29 c5 48 01 c5 41 83 fd 0f 76 55 <0f> b7 7d 04 0f b7 45 06 4c 8d 74 3d 00 66 83 f8 04 75 bc ba 04 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900007939e0 EFLAGS: 00010216 RAX: ffffc90000793c78 RBX: ffff8880180cc000 RCX: ffffc90000793c90 RDX: ffffc90000793cc0 RSI: ffff8880178d8cc0 RDI: ffff8880180cc000 RBP: ffff8881178d8cbf R08: ffffc90000793c22 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff8880180cc000 R11: 0000000000000024 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000020 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc90000793c22 FS: 00007f873753cbc0(0000) GS:ffff88806bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff8881178d8cc3 CR3: 00000000181ca000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x23/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x181/0x480 ? search_module_extables+0x19/0x60 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? exc_page_fault+0x1b6/0x1c0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? smb2_parse_contexts+0xa0/0x3a0 [cifs] SMB2_open+0x38d/0x5f0 [cifs] ? smb2_is_path_accessible+0x138/0x260 [cifs] smb2_is_path_accessible+0x138/0x260 [cifs] cifs_is_path_remote+0x8d/0x230 [cifs] cifs_mount+0x7e/0x350 [cifs] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x128/0x780 [cifs] smb3_get_tree+0xd9/0x290 [cifs] vfs_get_tree+0x2c/0x100 ? capable+0x37/0x70 path_mount+0x2d7/0xb80 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x60 __x64_sys_mount+0x11a/0x150 do_syscall_64+0x47/0xf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f8737657b1e

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10ALSA-2024:2950
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.el8_10ALSA-2024:3138
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:2394
Debian:12linux6.1.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52434
Debian:13linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52434
Debian:14linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52434
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.el8_10RLSA-2024:3138
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10RLSA-2024:2950
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-112.122USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-112.122UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1063.69USN-6821-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.56.5.0-1017.17~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.56.5.0-1017.17~22.04.2USN-6724-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1066.75USN-6821-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84USN-7123-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1018.19~22.04.2USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1018.19~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1065.74.1USN-6821-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1076.85.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1062.70USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1062.70UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1017.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1017.17~22.04.1USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1060.66USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1060.66UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1046.53USN-6821-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-27.28~22.04.1USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-27.28~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1056.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1056.59USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1058.64USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1058.64UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1060.65UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1060.65USN-6821-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-110.120UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-110.120USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-27.28.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-27.28.1~22.04.1USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1058.59USN-6820-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1058.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1019.20USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1019.20UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1061.67USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1061.67UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1020.20~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1020.20~22.04.1USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61USN-6919-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.7.0-1001.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.56.5.0-27.28.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1011.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1011.12~22.04.1USN-6724-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52434
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34USN-6820-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before 6726429c18c62dbf5e96ebbd522f262e016553fbb8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before 13fb0fc4917621f3dfa285a27eaf7151d770b5e5b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before 890bc4fac3c0973a49cac35f634579bebba7fe48b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before 1ae3c59355dc9882e09c020afe8ffbd895ad0f29b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before 17a0f64cc02d4972e21c733d9f21d1c512963afab8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d – before af1689a9b7701d9907dfc84d2a4b57c4bc907144
Linux Linux 3.7

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