CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-54280
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS: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.