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CVE-2023-54280
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-12-30T13:16:16.970 · Last modified 2026-08-04T11:16:39.007

Summary

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.

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