{"cve":"CVE-2023-5345","nvd":{"published":"2023-10-03T03:15:09.750","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:23.373","status":"Analyzed","description":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's fs/smb/client component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.\n\nIn case of an error in smb3_fs_context_parse_param, ctx->password was freed but the field was not set to NULL which could lead to double free.\n\nWe recommend upgrading past commit e6e43b8aa7cd3c3af686caf0c2e11819a886d705.","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":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html","https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e6e43b8aa7cd3c3af686caf0c2e11819a886d705","https://kernel.dance/e6e43b8aa7cd3c3af686caf0c2e11819a886d705","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GISYSL3F6WIEVGHJGLC2MFNTUXHPTKQH/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPMICQ2HVZO5UAM5KPXHAZKA2U3ZDOO6/"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:34.467980132+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5345","score":0.00485,"percentile":0.41787,"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."]}