CVE-2023-53377
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/09/2025
Last modified:
19/09/2025
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.