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TI-2023-23961 Aliases CVE-2023-44466GHSA-7wwm-57j8-wx2j

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

Priority HIGH 67CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.4489 98th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 14 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.11 to before 5.15.121; 5.16 to before 6.1.40; 6.2 to before 6.4.5VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.11 to before 5.15.121; 5.16 to before 6.1.40; 6.2 to before 6.4.5 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:5244 Released 2023-09-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8
  • RHSA-2023:5069 Released 2023-09-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2 +10
    • 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 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2
  • RHSA-2023:4962 Released 2023-09-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4 +14
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2023:4801 Released 2023-08-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) bpftool-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0 +14
  • RHSA-2023:4789 Released 2023-08-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6 +19
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, perf-4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2023:4789
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:4801
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:5069
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:4801
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:5244
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:5069
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2023:4962
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2023:4962
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2023:4789
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:4801
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2023:4962
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:5244
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:5069
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:4789
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-44466
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7wwm-57j8-wx2j
  3. 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Exploit 1

Patch 3

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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