CVE-2023-45863 (GCVE-0-2023-45863)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 20:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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