CVE-2023-53241

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.14-5.10.220 - Use-After-Free in NFSv4 Layoutget Operation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error For ops with "trivial" replies, nfsd4_encode_operation will shortcut most of the encoding work and skip to just marshalling up the status. One of the things it skips is calling op_release. This could cause a memory leak in the layoutget codepath if there is an error at an inopportune time. Have the compound processing engine always call op_release, even when op_func sets an error in op->status. With this change, we also need nfsd4_block_get_device_info_scsi to set the gd_device pointer to NULL on error to avoid a double free.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 4.14
Linux/Linux 34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2 - 15a8b55dbb1ba154d82627547c5761cac884d810
Linux/Linux 34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2 - 3d0dcada384af22dec764c8374a2997870ec86ae
Linux/Linux 34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2 - 65a33135e91e6dd661ecdf1194b9d90c49ae3570
Linux/Linux 34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2 - b11d8162c24af4a351d21e2c804d25ca493305e3
Linux/Linux 34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2 - b623a8e5d38a69a3ef8644acb1030dd7c7bc28b3
Linux/Linux 4.14
Linux/Linux 5.10.220 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.154 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.24 - 6.1.*
... and 4 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026