High 8.8Published Dec 30, 2025

CVE-2023-54162ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock() argv needs to be free when setup_async_work fails or when the current process is woken up.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before bfe8372ef2dbdce97f13b21d76e2080ddeef5a79; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 6bf555ed8938444466c3d7f3252eb874a518f293; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 11d38f8a0c19763e34d2093b5ecb640e012cb2d2; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before d3ca9f7aeba793d74361d88a8800b2f205c9236b	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe8372ef2dbdce97f13b21d76e2080ddeef5a79
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf555ed8938444466c3d7f3252eb874a518f293
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11d38f8a0c19763e34d2093b5ecb640e012cb2d2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ca9f7aeba793d74361d88a8800b2f205c9236b

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