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high 8.8

CVE-2023-54162 json

ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()

published 2025-12-30 10 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-205768

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.15.145, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54162

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-102.112
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1057.63
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1055.63
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1054.59
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1050.53
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1054.59
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1060.69
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1040.46

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54162

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-54162 updated cvss 8.8

kernel: ksmbd: Denial of Service via memory leak in smb2_lock()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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