VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-54280
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-12-30
Last modified2026-10-15
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.