🛡️ CVE-2023-52441 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

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CVSS Score

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out of bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr() If client send smb2 negotiate request and then send smb1 negotiate request, init_smb2_rsp_hdr is called for smb1 negotiate request since need_neg is set to false. This patch ignore smb1 packets after ->need_neg is set to false.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-52441 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.5.3-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52441 is recorded against 1 package.

linux (fixed in 6.5.3-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 February 2024 and last revised on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-52441 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft Base record Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-02-21

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-05

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.5.3-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-52441

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