CVE-2023-53377 — cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later In smb2_compound_op we have a possible use-after-fr…
Published: 2025-09-18 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later In smb2_compound_op we have a possible use-after-free which can cause hard to debug problems later on. This was revealed during stress testing with KASAN enabled kernel. Fixing it by moving the cfile free call to a few lines below, after the usage.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7