CVE-2023-53008

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53008
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53008.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53008
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-03-27T16:43:38.718Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:32:54.621519Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup

Make sure to free cifsses::authkey.response before allocating it as we might end up leaking memory in reconnect or mounting.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53008.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d3686d54c7902a303bd65d751226aa1647319863
Fixed
893d45394dbe4b5cbf3723c19e2ccc8b93a6ac9b
Fixed
2fe58d977ee05da5bb89ef5dc4f5bf2dc15db46f

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53008.json"