| Name | CVE-2023-28938 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mdadm (PTS) | jessie | 3.3.2-5+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.4-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4.1-11 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.2-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.3+20241108-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mdadm | source | (unstable) | 4.2~rc2-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git/commit/?id=7d374a1869d3a84971d027a7f4233878c8f25a62 (mdadm-4.2-rc2)
Negligible security impact as the memory leak is after "mdadm --detail" which
is one shoot action.