CVE-2023-53008 (GCVE-0-2023-53008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-27 16:43
Modified
2025-10-01 20:17
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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