CVE-2023-53751
Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53751DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53751
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Deferred
Published: 08 Dec 2025, 01:19
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 09:15
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.41% LOW
0% probability +0.39%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
08 Dec 2025, 01:19
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 09:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname TCP_Server_Info::hostname may be updated once or many times during reconnect, so protect its access outside reconnect path as well and then prevent any potential use-after-free bugs.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.41%• Percentile: 35%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
all | < 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1 | < 6.3.7-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 5.15.0-1051.59
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
< 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
< 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all | all
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References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d62ac6d6514cba1305bd08e271ec1843bdd612
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c511954bf142fe1995aec3c739a9f1a76990283a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b08c4c499200be67d54c439d56e5ea866869945
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c49fce1c43e1cc152695e20363ff5087897c09
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53751
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53751
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/90c49fce1c43e1cc152695e20363ff5087897c09
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53751