Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53372

Vulnerability identifier: #VU115948

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53372

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the sctp_generate_iftsn() function in net/sctp/stream_interleave.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
openEuler
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-devel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 6.2.12
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.18.0-305.194.1.el8_4, 4.18.0-372.195.1.el8_6
kernel-tools-devel - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
python3-perf - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
perf - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-source - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-debugsource - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
kernel-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2510.4.0.0349

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32832a2caf82663870126c5186cf8f86c8b2a649
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fbd094d4131a10d06a45d64158567052a35b3f4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9367ac5a22d71841bcd00130f9146c9b227d57
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6109f5b13ce3e3e537db6f18976ec0e9118d1c6f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b28f42214a3d0d6a8c514db3602260bd5d6cb5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad831a7079c99c01e801764b53bc9997c2e9c0f7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad988e9b5ff04607e624a459209e8c2d0c15fc73
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.12

• Buffer overflow in Linux kernel sctp
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel