Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later
CVE-2023-53377
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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