CVE-2023-53427: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list If the MR allocate failed, the MR recov

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list If the MR allocate failed, the MR recov

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list If the MR allocate failed, the MR recovery work not initialized and list not cleared. Then will be warning and UAF when release the MR: WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 824 at kernel/workqueue.c:3066 __flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110 CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #82 RIP: 0010:__flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110 Call Trace: <TASK> __cancel_work_timer+0x2ba/0x2e0 smbd_destroy+0x4e1/0x990 _smbd_get_connection+0x1cbd/0x2110 smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40 cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0 mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750 cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00 cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0 smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300 vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0 path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0 __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in smbd_destroy+0x4fc/0x990 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b156a08 by task mount.cifs/824 CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc5+ #82 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 print_report+0x171/0x472 kasan_repo

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.15%, higher than 4% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 6, 2026, updated daily.

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