Bug 2244720 (CVE-2023-45863)

Summary: CVE-2023-45863 kernel: lib/kobject.c vulnerable to fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write
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An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the load/unload module in the Linux kernel's kobject functionality, potentially triggering a race condition in the kobject_get_path function. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
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Bug Depends On: 2244721    
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Description Robb Gatica 2023-10-17 22:43:38 UTC
CVE-2023-45863

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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.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2023-10-17 22:43:59 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2244721]

Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2023-10-18 13:46:12 UTC
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.2.3 stable kernel updates

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 10:14:04 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2394 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-05-22 09:14:55 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:2950 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2024-05-22 09:52:16 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:3138 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138