What is CVE-2024-38623?

CVE-2024-38623 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-38623?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-38623

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size Should fix smatch warning: ntfs_set_label() error: __builtin_memcpy() 'uni->name' too small (20 vs 256)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-129 — Improper Validation of Array Index

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38623?: CVE-2024-38623 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-38623?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.