CVE-2023-53008 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup

Make sure to free cifs_ses::auth_key.response before allocating it as we might end up leaking memory in reconnect or mounting.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe58d977ee05da5bb89ef5dc4f5bf2dc15db46f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/893d45394dbe4b5cbf3723c19e2ccc8b93a6ac9b