CVE-2023-6606
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2023-58829)
- Published
- December 8, 2023
- NVD last modified
- October 14, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-58829 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 14, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
Certified products that may be affected
32 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5513 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, LLC - FIPS 140 5461 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5445 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libgcrypt - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5366 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5089 - active
See all 32 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0723(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0725(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0881(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0897(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1188(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1248(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1404(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6606(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218218(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253611(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
Last updated October 16, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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