Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53061

 

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53061

Published: May 3, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108417
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53061
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the smb2_open() function in fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53061

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.15.105
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-265.0.0.168

External References

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