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CVE-2023-53377

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
18/09/2025
Last modified:
12/12/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later<br /> <br /> In smb2_compound_op we have a possible use-after-free<br /> which can cause hard to debug problems later on.<br /> <br /> This was revealed during stress testing with KASAN enabled<br /> kernel. Fixing it by moving the cfile free call to<br /> a few lines below, after the usage.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.0.16 (including) 6.1.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.3.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.4 (including) 6.4.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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