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CVE-2023-53008 (GCVE-0-2023-53008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-27 16:43 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:36
VLAI
Title
cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup Make sure to free cifs_ses::auth_key.response before allocating it as we might end up leaking memory in reconnect or mounting.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-01 20:08 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: d3686d54c7902a303bd65d751226aa1647319863 , < 893d45394dbe4b5cbf3723c19e2ccc8b93a6ac9b (git)
Affected: d3686d54c7902a303bd65d751226aa1647319863 , < 2fe58d977ee05da5bb89ef5dc4f5bf2dc15db46f (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.37
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.37 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.9 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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