CVE-2023-54280

critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc Protect access of TCP_Server_Info::hostname when building the ipc tree name as it might get freed in cifsd thread and thus causing an use-after-free bug in __tree_connect_dfs_target(). Also, while at it, update status of IPC tcon on success and then avoid any extra tree connects.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee20d7c6100752eaf2409d783f4f1449c29ea33d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/553476df55a111e6a66ad9155256aec0ec1b7ad0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/536ec71ba060a02fabe8e22cecb82fe7b3a8708b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-30

Updated: 2026-08-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017