CVE-2023-2593

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2593
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-2593.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-2593
Downstream
Published
2025-07-30T15:15:53.952Z
Modified
2026-07-09T04:00:43.162217147Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kernel: ksmbd memory exhaustion denial-of-service vulnerability
Details

A flaw exists within the Linux kernel's handling of new TCP connections. The issue results from the lack of memory release after its effective lifetime. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2593.json",
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-835"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d4245d7ef91d67fe3d21e2faab131fdeab636209
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "6.2-rc3"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-2593.json"