Description
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
20.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.2.3
Published
Oct 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026