CVE-2023-53061

published 2025-05-02

CVE-2023-53061: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible refcount leak in smb2_open() Reference count of acls will leak when…

Priority P4 17 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I N A H

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

ksmbd: fix possible refcount leak in smb2_open()

Reference count of acls will leak when memory allocation fails. Fix this
by adding the missing posix_acl_release().

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm)	linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < c33344b7972225b232966f95d31f6312dcc6273d	c33344b7972225b232966f95d31f6312dcc6273d
linux	linux	>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 303f8e58cc3ace744801dcdcabfc06ffc72ed62d	303f8e58cc3ace744801dcdcabfc06ffc72ed62d
linux	linux	>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < a22c49a05e5e7aa2c414fbc42c49c4c01a5c9a78	a22c49a05e5e7aa2c414fbc42c49c4c01a5c9a78
linux	linux	>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 2624b445544ffc1472ccabfb6ec867c199d4c95c	2624b445544ffc1472ccabfb6ec867c199d4c95c
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.25-1	6.1.25-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.25-1	6.1.25-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.25-1	6.1.25-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.15 < 5.15.105	5.15.105
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16 < 6.1.22	6.1.22
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.2 < 6.2.9	6.2.9

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_redhat 5.5 MEDIUM

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