Kernel crash via stale SMB Direct pointer
Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in Linux CIFS SMB Direct allows remote attackers to crash the kernel by disconnecting a mounted RDMA share. smbd_destroy frees the smbd_connection object but leaves server->smbd_conn pointing to it, and smbd_reconnect later dereferences that stale pointer. Reachability requires an existing RDMA-mounted CIFS share and a malicious or compromised SMB Direct server that forces a disconnect; the resulting kernel oops interrupts the host.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Linux CIFS SMB Direct allows remote attackers to crash the kernel by disconnecting a mounted RDMA share. smbd_destroy frees the smbd_connection object but leaves server->smbd_conn pointing to it, and smbd_reconnect later dereferences that stale pointer. Reachability requires an existing RDMA-mounted CIFS share and a malicious or compromised SMB Direct server that forces a disconnect; the resulting kernel oops interrupts the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-53006
- Published
- Mar 27, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.16
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <4b83bc6f87eedab4599b0123e572a422689444be
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <5109607a4ece7cd8536172bf7549eb4dce1f3576
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <91be54849d5392050f5b847b42bd5e6221551ac8
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <a9640c0b268405f2540e8203a545e930ea88bb7d
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <b7ab9161cf5ddc42a288edf9d1a61f3bdffe17c7
- Affected versionversion=8ef130f9ec27973f7b49e20c5a3b9134ca33026c <e037baee16e0b9ace7e730888fcae9cec11daff2
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