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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-53427

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 9/18/2025 12:15:46 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description 

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

cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list

If the MR allocate failed, the MR recovery work not initialized
and list not cleared. Then will be warning and UAF when release
the MR:

  WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 824 at kernel/workqueue.c:3066 __flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110
  CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #82
  RIP: 0010:__flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   __cancel_work_timer+0x2ba/0x2e0
   smbd_destroy+0x4e1/0x990
   _smbd_get_connection+0x1cbd/0x2110
   smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
   cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
   mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
   cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
   cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
   smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
   vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
   path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
   __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in smbd_destroy+0x4fc/0x990
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b156a08 by task mount.cifs/824
  CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Tainted: G        W          6.1.0-rc5+ #82
  Call Trace:
   dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
   print_report+0x171/0x472
   kasan_report+0xad/0x130
   smbd_destroy+0x4fc/0x990
   _smbd_get_connection+0x1cbd/0x2110
   smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
   cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
   mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
   cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
   cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
   smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
   vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
   path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
   __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

  Allocated by task 824:
   kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
   kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
   __kasan_kmalloc+0x7a/0x90
   _smbd_get_connection+0x1b6f/0x2110
   smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
   cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
   mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
   cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
   cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
   smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
   vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
   path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
   __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

  Freed by task 824:
   kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
   kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
   kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x40
   ____kasan_slab_free+0x143/0x1b0
   __kmem_cache_free+0xc8/0x330
   _smbd_get_connection+0x1c6a/0x2110
   smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
   cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
   mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
   cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
   cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
   smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
   vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
   path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
   __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Let's initialize the MR recovery work before MR allocate to prevent
the warning, remove the MRs from the list to prevent the UAF.

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275a3d2b9408fc4895e342f772cab9a89960546e

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d0c4f5f618f58eba03385363717703bee873c64

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3524d6da0fe88aee79f06be6572955d16ad76b39

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e161c2791f8e661eed24a2c624087084d910215

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41832c62a75dad530dc5a2856c92ae5459d497e5

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cbd5bdb5bd4404a5da4309521134b42c65846c0

								
								
					

					

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd85a0922c4696d768965e686ad805a58d9d834