CVE catalog
CVE-2023-28938
mdadm: CVE-2023-28938
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.21% · Oct 25, 2026
Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mdadm | sid | 4.6-3 | fixed |
| Debian | mdadm | forky | 4.6-3 | fixed |
| Debian | mdadm | trixie | 4.4-11 | fixed |
| Debian | mdadm | bookworm | 4.2-5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 14.04 | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 16.04 | 3.3-2ubuntu7.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.0-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.0-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.1~rc1-3~ubuntu18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.1~rc1-3~ubuntu18.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 18.04 | 4.1~rc1-3~ubuntu18.04.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 20.04 | 4.1-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 20.04 | 4.1-4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 20.04 | 4.1-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 20.04 | 4.1-5ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 22.04 | 4.2~rc2-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 22.04 | 4.2-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mdadm | 22.04 | 4.2-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mdadm | source | sid | 4.2~rc2-2 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mdadm | source | forky | 4.2~rc2-2 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mdadm | source | trixie | 4.2~rc2-2 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mdadm | source | bookworm | 4.2~rc2-2 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_3691-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28938]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28938]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28938]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2019.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]