CVE-2023-54162 (GCVE-0-2023-54162)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:03 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:03
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Title
ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock() argv needs to be free when setup_async_work fails or when the current process is woken up.
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Linux Linux Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < bfe8372ef2dbdce97f13b21d76e2080ddeef5a79 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 6bf555ed8938444466c3d7f3252eb874a518f293 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 11d38f8a0c19763e34d2093b5ecb640e012cb2d2 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < d3ca9f7aeba793d74361d88a8800b2f205c9236b (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.145 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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