Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_22-default package, versions <1-150700.15.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELLIVEPATCH6401507005322DEFAULT-13921085
  • published13 Nov 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2025

Introduced: 11 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-53377  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_22-default to version 1-150700.15.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_22-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_22-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: prevent use-after-free by freeing the cfile later

In smb2_compound_op we have a possible use-after-free which can cause hard to debug problems later on.

This was revealed during stress testing with KASAN enabled kernel. Fixing it by moving the cfile free call to a few lines below, after the usage.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1