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CVE-2023-53377
Published: Sep 18, 2025
Modified: May 23, 2026
PUBLISHED
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later In smb2_compound_op we have a possible use-after-free which can cause hard to debug problems later on. This was revealed during stress testing with KASAN enabled kernel. Fixing it by moving the cfile free call to a few lines below, after the usage.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 - < 4fe07d55a5461e66a55fbefb57f85ff0facea32baffected 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 - < b6353518ef8180816e863aa23b06456f395404d6affected 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 - < d017880782cf71f8820ee4a2002843893176501daffected 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 - < 33f736187d08f6bc822117629f263b97d3df4165affected 2d046892a493d9760c35fdaefc3017f27f91b621+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.1unaffected 0 - < 6.1unaffected 6.1.39 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.3.13 - <= 6.3.*unaffected 6.4.4 - <= 6.4.*+1 more versions |
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