CVE-2023-53230

MEDIUM5.5

smb: client: fix warning in cifs_smb3_do_mount()

Published Sep 15, 2025

Modified 3 weeks ago

Details

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

smb: client: fix warning in cifs_smb3_do_mount()

This fixes the following warning reported by kernel test robot

fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:982 cifs_smb3_do_mount() warn: possible memory leak of 'cifs_sb'

References

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 15, 2025

ModifiedMay 23, 2026