7.8
HIGH
CVE-2023-53025
Linux Kernel NFS Daemon Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: fix use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() If signal_pending() returns true, schedule_timeout() will not be executed, causing the waiting task to remain in the wait queue. Fixed by adding a call to finish_wait(), which ensures that the waiting task will always be removed from the wait queue.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 28, 2025, 6:11 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 27, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-416
  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Mar. 27, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: fix use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() If signal_pending() returns true, schedule_timeout() will not be executed, causing the waiting task to remain in the wait queue. Fixed by adding a call to finish_wait(), which ensures that the waiting task will always be removed from the wait queue.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a27dcd5343026ac0cb168ee63304255372b7a36
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d5eb95f8f0e362e37c393310b13b9e95404560
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac4c383c39f8f2f955f868d1ad9365c2363e80b
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6cf91b7b47ff82b624bdfe2fdcde32bb52e71dd
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