CVE-2023-53794 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53794

cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use-after-free issue

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use-after-free issue Don't collect exiting session in smb2_reconnect_server(), because it will be released soon. Note that the exiting session will stay in server->smb_ses_list until it complete the cifs_free_ipc() and logoff() and then delete itself from the list.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4fcd1813e6404dd4420c7d12fb483f9320f0bf93, 655e0c067f0e02ece03fd0591dabe3db2ae27552, 875cc09c0767a4ac06b57af383709657f98b3ea1, 599fe1409085059ba12a2c3897c853be9fa9e7cf, 2e4378ee60049b752c9dce16f62ce6fbd11b379a, 59b520454b323ec43b2ae757217332cea33091e0, e20c888e2b3576e5f498c167729d274ef60b86f8, 4ce7aa4e44d88ce64ea8ae2337b8910f3670b0ba, 419fad68e4c4135ff9859e9214dd6cf954413ca1, 3.10.103, 3.12.63, 3.14.74, 3.16.37, 3.18.37, 4.1.28, 4.4.16, 4.6.5, 4.7, 0, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 9th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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