CVE-2023-53751 (GCVE-0-2023-53751)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 01:19 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname
TCP_Server_Info::hostname may be updated once or many times during
reconnect, so protect its access outside reconnect path as well and
then prevent any potential use-after-free bugs.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
93d5cb517db39e8af8d1292f9e785e4983b7f708 , < 64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612
(git)
Affected: 93d5cb517db39e8af8d1292f9e785e4983b7f708 , < c511954bf142fe1995aec3c739a9f1a76990283a (git) Affected: 93d5cb517db39e8af8d1292f9e785e4983b7f708 , < 0b08c4c499200be67d54c439d56e5ea866869945 (git) Affected: 93d5cb517db39e8af8d1292f9e785e4983b7f708 , < 90c49fce1c43e1cc152695e20363ff5087897c09 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.0 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.28 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2.15 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3.2 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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