critical
9.8
CWE
120 131 119
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2023-45871: Buffer Overflow

First published: Sun Oct 15 2023(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/Kernel<6.6
6.6
Linux Kernel<6.5.3
IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager software component<=ISVG 10.0.2
IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance component<=ISVG 10.0.2
Linux Kernel>=3.4<4.14.326
Linux Kernel>=4.15<4.19.295
Linux Kernel>=4.20<5.4.257
Linux Kernel>=5.5<5.10.195
Linux Kernel>=5.11<5.15.132
Linux Kernel>=5.16<6.1.53
Linux Kernel>=6.2<6.4.16
Linux Kernel>=6.5<6.5.3
Debian GNU/Linux=10.0
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.123-1
6.1.128-1
6.12.12-1
6.12.15-1

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=bb5ed01cd2428cd25b1c88a3a9cba87055eb289f

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2023-45871?

    CVE-2023-45871 is an issue in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2023-45871?

    The severity of CVE-2023-45871 is critical with a score of 9.8.

  • How does CVE-2023-45871 affect Linux?

    CVE-2023-45871 affects the Linux kernel before version 6.5.3.

  • What is the fix for CVE-2023-45871?

    To fix CVE-2023-45871, update your Linux kernel to version 6.5.3 or later.

  • What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-45871?

    The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-45871 is CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input).

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