CVE-2023-32253

Kernel: deadlock in ksmbd_find_crypto_ctx()

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 5.9
EPSS
EPSS 0.31 % · percentile 24 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Deferred

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component. A deadlock is triggered by sending multiple concurrent session setup requests, possibly leading to a denial of service.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
linuxaffected 0 < 5.15.112 ; affected 6.0.0 < 6.0.* ; affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.28 ; affected 6.2.0 < 6.2.15 ; affected 6.3.0 < 6.3.2
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
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ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD