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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2023-44466 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in net/ceph/messenger_v2.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.5.

published 2023-09-29 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48804

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
44.9%
EPSS 44.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in net/ceph/messenger_v2.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.5. There is an integer signedness error, leading to a buffer overflow and remote code execution via HELLO or one of the AUTH frames. This occurs because of an untrusted length taken from a TCP packet in ceph_decode_32.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-44466

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-86.96
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.52
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.52
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1040.43
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1049.56
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.35

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-44466

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.0.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:5069RHSA-2023:5244RHSA-2023:4962RHSA-2023:4801RHSA-2023:4789

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.135.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-30056

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-44466 updated cvss 8.8

kernel: buffer overflow in ceph file net/ceph/messenger_v2.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4801
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5069
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4801
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5244
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5069
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4962
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4801
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5244
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5069
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

44.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-jg27-jx6w-xwph referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
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References

Sources

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