{"cve":"CVE-2023-52741","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-21T16:15:14.000","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:39.273","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages()\n\nWhen the network status is unstable, use-after-free may occur when\nread data from the server.\n\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in readpages_fill_pages+0x14c/0x7e0\n\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x4c\n   print_report+0x16f/0x4a6\n   kasan_report+0xb7/0x130\n   readpages_fill_pages+0x14c/0x7e0\n   cifs_readv_receive+0x46d/0xa40\n   cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x121c/0x1490\n   kthread+0x16b/0x1a0\n   ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50\n   </TASK>\n\n  Allocated by task 2535:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50\n   kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\n   __kasan_kmalloc+0x82/0x90\n   cifs_readdata_direct_alloc+0x2c/0x110\n   cifs_readdata_alloc+0x2d/0x60\n   cifs_readahead+0x393/0xfe0\n   read_pages+0x12f/0x470\n   page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x1b1/0x240\n   filemap_get_pages+0x1c8/0x9a0\n   filemap_read+0x1c0/0x540\n   cifs_strict_readv+0x21b/0x240\n   vfs_read+0x395/0x4b0\n   ksys_read+0xb8/0x150\n   do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\n  Freed by task 79:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50\n   kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\n   kasan_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50\n   __kasan_slab_free+0x10e/0x1a0\n   __kmem_cache_free+0x7a/0x1a0\n   cifs_readdata_release+0x49/0x60\n   process_one_work+0x46c/0x760\n   worker_thread+0x2a4/0x6f0\n   kthread+0x16b/0x1a0\n   ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50\n\n  Last potentially related work creation:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50\n   __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x95/0xb0\n   insert_work+0x2b/0x130\n   __queue_work+0x1fe/0x660\n   queue_work_on+0x4b/0x60\n   smb2_readv_callback+0x396/0x800\n   cifs_abort_connection+0x474/0x6a0\n   cifs_reconnect+0x5cb/0xa50\n   cifs_readv_from_socket.cold+0x22/0x6c\n   cifs_read_page_from_socket+0xc1/0x100\n   readpages_fill_pages.cold+0x2f/0x46\n   cifs_readv_receive+0x46d/0xa40\n   cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x121c/0x1490\n   kthread+0x16b/0x1a0\n   ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50\n\nThe following function calls will cause UAF of the rdata pointer.\n\nreadpages_fill_pages\n cifs_read_page_from_socket\n  cifs_readv_from_socket\n   cifs_reconnect\n    __cifs_reconnect\n     cifs_abort_connection\n      mid->callback() --> smb2_readv_callback\n       queue_work(&rdata->work)  # if the worker completes first,\n                                 # the rdata is freed\n          cifs_readv_complete\n            kref_put\n              cifs_readdata_release\n                kfree(rdata)\n return rdata->...               # UAF in readpages_fill_pages()\n\nSimilarly, this problem also occurs in the uncache_fill_pages().\n\nFix this by adjusts the order of condition judgment in the return\nstatement.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b693fe3f760c87fd9768e759f6297f743a1b3b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3684a2f6affa1ca52a5d4a12f04d0652efdee65e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5465aeca3c66fecdf7efcf554aed79b4c4b211","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fba1e096ffc7ec11df863a97c50203c47315b9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b693fe3f760c87fd9768e759f6297f743a1b3b0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52741","score":0.00731,"percentile":0.54319,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}