HighFix available
ksmbd: fix out-of-bound read in smb2_write
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out-of-bound read in smb2_write ksmbd_smb2_check_message doesn't validate hdr->NextCommand. If ->NextCommand is bigger than Offset + Length of smb2 write, It will allow oversized smb2 write length. It will cause OOB read in smb2_write.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.121, 6.1.36, 6.3.10
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3865
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ksmbd: fix out-of-bound read in smb2_write
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Aug 2025, 13:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out-of-bound read in smb2_write ksmbd_smb2_check_message doesn't validate hdr->NextCommand. If ->NextCommand is bigger than Offset + Length of smb2 write, It will allow oversized smb2 write length. It will cause OOB read in smb2_write.
osv:CVE-2023-3865
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.121, 6.1.36, 6.3.10
Complete source record
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