Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52666

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Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52666

Published: June 8, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91518
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52666
CWE-ID: CWE-667
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 improper locking within the smb2_set_ea(), smb2_open() and smb2_set_info_file() functions in fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-laptop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-laptop-23.10 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-52666

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.149, 6.1.76, 6.6.15, 6.7.3, 6.8
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-laptop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1017.20
linux-image-laptop-23.10 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1017.20
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1021.22
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1021.22
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29

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