CVE-2023-53794

Critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use-after-free issue Don't collect exiting session in smb2_reconnect_server(), because it will be released soon. Note that the exiting session will stay in server->smb_ses_list until it complete the cifs_free_ipc() and logoff() and then delete itself from the list.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 9, 2025
First seenDec 9, 2025

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  • Linux Linux7e4f5c3f01fb0e51ca438e43262d858daf9a0a76, 759ffc164d95a32c09528766d74d9b4fb054e8f4, 99f280700b4cc02d5f141b8d15f8e9fad0418f65, 3.11, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux4fcd1813e6404dd4420c7d12fb483f9320f0bf93 ≤ v < 7e4f5c3f01fb0e51ca438e43262d858daf9a0a76, 4fcd1813e6404dd4420c7d12fb483f9320f0bf93 ≤ v < 759ffc164d95a32c09528766d74d9b4fb054e8f4, 4fcd1813e6404dd4420c7d12fb483f9320f0bf93 ≤ v < 99f280700b4cc02d5f141b8d15f8e9fad0418f65, 655e0c067f0e02ece03fd0591dabe3db2ae27552, 875cc09c0767a4ac06b57af383709657f98b3ea1, 599fe1409085059ba12a2c3897c853be9fa9e7cf, 2e4378ee60049b752c9dce16f62ce6fbd11b379a, 59b520454b323ec43b2ae757217332cea33091e0, e20c888e2b3576e5f498c167729d274ef60b86f8, 4ce7aa4e44d88ce64ea8ae2337b8910f3670b0ba, 419fad68e4c4135ff9859e9214dd6cf954413ca1, 3.10.103 ≤ v < 3.11, 3.12.63 ≤ v < 3.13, 3.14.74 ≤ v < 3.15, 3.16.37 ≤ v < 3.17, 3.18.37 ≤ v < 3.19, 4.1.28 ≤ v < 4.2, 4.4.16 ≤ v < 4.5, 4.6.5 ≤ v < 4.7, 4.77e4f5c3f01fb0e51ca438e43262d858daf9a0a76, 759ffc164d95a32c09528766d74d9b4fb054e8f4, 99f280700b4cc02d5f141b8d15f8e9fad0418f65, 3.11, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7

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