CVE-2023-54162 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()

argv needs to be free when setup_async_work fails or when the current
process is woken up.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11d38f8a0c19763e34d2093b5ecb640e012cb2d2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf555ed8938444466c3d7f3252eb874a518f293
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe8372ef2dbdce97f13b21d76e2080ddeef5a79
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ca9f7aeba793d74361d88a8800b2f205c9236b

History

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock() argv needs to be free when setup_async_work fails or when the current process is woken up.
Title		ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()
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/11d38f8a0c19763e34d2093b5ecb640e012cb2d2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf555ed8938444466c3d7f3252eb874a518f293 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe8372ef2dbdce97f13b21d76e2080ddeef5a79 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ca9f7aeba793d74361d88a8800b2f205c9236b

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-30T12:03:23.583Z

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:03:23.583Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.531Z

Link: CVE-2023-54162

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-30T12:15:44.373

Modified: 2025-12-30T12:15:44.373

Link: CVE-2023-54162

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Weaknesses

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