CVE-2023-52757

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 5.10.237 - Denial of Service via SMB Client MID Release Deadlock

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential deadlock when releasing mids All release_mid() callers seem to hold a reference of @mid so there is no need to call kref_put(&mid->refcount, __release_mid) under @server->mid_lock spinlock. If they don't, then an use-after-free bug would have occurred anyways. By getting rid of such spinlock also fixes a potential deadlock as shown below CPU 0 CPU 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ cifs_demultiplex_thread() cifs_debug_data_proc_show() release_mid() spin_lock(&server->mid_lock); spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock) spin_lock(&server->mid_lock) __release_mid() smb2_find_smb_tcon() spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock) *deadlock*

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416 CWE-667
Status published
Products (23)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.64linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.5.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.6.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 5.10.237 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.181 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.6 - 5.5
... and 13 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026