Bug 2355536 (CVE-2023-53008) - CVE-2023-53008 kernel: cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup
Summary: CVE-2023-53008 kernel: cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53008
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2025-03-27 17:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-04-10 18:13 UTC (History)
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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
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