Medium 6.4Published Oct 13, 2023

CVE-2023-45863An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:10 AM ET)

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An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write.

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name)	all versions not affected	CISA ADP
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family siemens:scalance_xc_300_xr_300_xc_400_xr_500wg_xr_500_family (from the name)	all versions not affected	CISA ADP
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family siemens:scalance_xcm_xrm_xch_xrh_300_family (from the name)	all versions not affected	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	before 6.2.3	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3bb2a01caa813d3a1845d378bbe4169ef280d394	mailing-list, patch
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.3	release-notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html	mailing-list
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html

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