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CVE-2023-3866

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3866 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ksmbd module, specifically affecting the handling of compound SMB2 ECHO requests. This flaw allows a local, authenticated attacker to trigger a system crash, leading to a denial of service. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), its impact is high for availability but low for other metrics. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 5.15.121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1560 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Advisories (2)

linuxCVE-2023-3866

ksmbd: validate session id and tree id in the compound request

Aug 16, 2025
redhatCVE-2023-3866Moderate

kernel: ksmbd Chained Request NULL Pointer Dereference

Jul 28, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/5005bcb4219156f1bf7587b185080ec1da08518e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/854156d12caa9d36de1cf5f084591c7686cc8a9d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d1066c1b3663401cd23c0d6e60cdae750ce00c0f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/eb947403518ea3d93f6d89264bb1f5416bb0c7d0
Patch