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GHSA-2C5W-8P3H-W8F6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-30 15:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc

Protect access of TCP_Server_Info::hostname when building the ipc tree name as it might get freed in cifsd thread and thus causing an use-after-free bug in __tree_connect_dfs_target(). Also, while at it, update status of IPC tcon on success and then avoid any extra tree connects.

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CVE-2023-54280 (GCVE-0-2023-54280)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:23 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:23

Title

cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc Protect access of TCP_Server_Info::hostname when building the ipc tree name as it might get freed in cifsd thread and thus causing an use-after-free bug in __tree_connect_dfs_target(). Also, while at it, update status of IPC tcon on success and then avoid any extra tree connects.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/536ec71ba060a02fa…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/553476df55a111e6a…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee20d7c6100752eaf…

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Linux

Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 536ec71ba060a02fabe8e22cecb82fe7b3a8708b (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 553476df55a111e6a66ad9155256aec0ec1b7ad0 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < ee20d7c6100752eaf2409d783f4f1449c29ea33d (git)

Linux

Unaffected: 6.2.15 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.2 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-2C5W-8P3H-W8F6

CVE-2023-54280 (GCVE-0-2023-54280)

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