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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-18T13:33:23.162Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-14T19:03:03.735Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-53377 vulnerability.

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Linux
  • Linux Kernel
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33f736187d08f6bc822117629f263b97d3df4165 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe07d55a5461e66a55fbefb57f85ff0facea32b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6353518ef8180816e863aa23b06456f395404d6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d017880782cf71f8820ee4a2002843893176501d cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091856-CVE-2023-53377-baaf@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53377 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53377 cve-icon
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