CVE-2023-53751 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname

TCP_Server_Info::hostname may be updated once or many times during
reconnect, so protect its access outside reconnect path as well and
then prevent any potential use-after-free bugs.

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b08c4c499200be67d54c439d56e5ea866869945
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c49fce1c43e1cc152695e20363ff5087897c09
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c511954bf142fe1995aec3c739a9f1a76990283a

History

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname TCP_Server_Info::hostname may be updated once or many times during reconnect, so protect its access outside reconnect path as well and then prevent any potential use-after-free bugs.
Title		cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b08c4c499200be67d54c439d56e5ea866869945 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c49fce1c43e1cc152695e20363ff5087897c09 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c511954bf142fe1995aec3c739a9f1a76990283a

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-08T01:19:11.160Z

Updated: 2025-12-08T01:19:11.160Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T01:18:04.279Z

Link: CVE-2023-53751

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-08T02:15:50.590

Modified: 2025-12-08T02:15:50.590

Link: CVE-2023-53751

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Weaknesses

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