Bug 2355536 (CVE-2023-53008)

Summary:	CVE-2023-53008 kernel: cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-27 17:05:58 UTC

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

cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup

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

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2025-03-27 18:43:33 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032714-CVE-2023-53008-415c@gregkh/T

Comment 5 Avinash Hanwate 2025-03-28 04:03:49 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032714-CVE-2023-53008-415c@gregkh/T