CVE-2023-46838
Linux: netback processing of zero-length transmit fragment
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Transmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of
multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part
any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a
certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are
directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted
request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length
zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code.
Las solicitudes de transmisión en el protocolo de red virtual de Xen pueden constar de varias partes. Si bien no es realmente útil, excepto la parte inicial, cualquiera de ellos puede tener una longitud cero, es decir, no contener ningún dato. Además de una cierta porción inicial de los datos a transferir, estas partes se traducen directamente en lo que Linux llama fragmentos SKB. Estas partes de solicitud convertidas pueden, cuando para un SKB en particular todas tienen longitud cero, provocar una desreferencia de NULL en el código de red central.
Transmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code.
Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain data structure fields when parsing lease contexts, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly expose sensitive information. Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2023-10-27 CVE Reserved
- 2024-01-29 CVE Published
- 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-27 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (5)
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https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-448.html | 2024-06-27 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.7 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.7" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 38 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "38" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 39 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "39" | - |
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