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cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect In smbd_destroy(), clear the server->smbd_conn pointer after freeing the smbd_connection struct that it points to so that reconnection doesn't get confused.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.19.272, 5.10.166, 5.15.91, 5.4.231, 6.1.9
CVEs
CVE-2023-53006
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2025, 16:43 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect In smbd_destroy(), clear the server->smbd_conn pointer after freeing the smbd_connection struct that it points to so that reconnection doesn't get confused.

osv:CVE-2023-53006

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.19.272, 5.4.231, 5.10.166, 5.15.91, 6.1.9

Complete source record
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