VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-53377
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-09-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416