CVE-2023-32256
Kernel: ksmbd race issue from smb2 close and logoff with multichannel
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component. A race condition between smb2 close operation and logoff in multichannel connections could result in a use-after-free issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
linux
- affected < 5.15.145
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.*
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.29
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.16
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.2
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
References (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2385885 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=abcc506a9a71976a8b4c9bf3ee6efd13229c1e19 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-704/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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