CVE-2023-32255

Published: Aug 2, 2025Modified: Jun 30, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component. A memory leak can occur if a client sends a session setup request with an unknown NTLMSSP message type, potentially leading to resource exhaustion.

Related CWEs

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (4)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32255

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2385884

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6d7cb549c2ca20e1f07593f15e936fd54b763028

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-703/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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