What is CVE-2023-53061?

CVE-2023-53061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-53061?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-53061

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible refcount leak in smb2_open() Reference count of acls will leak when memory allocation fails. Fix this by adding the missing posix_acl_release().

EPSS: 0.002 (7.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.3

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53061?: CVE-2023-53061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-53061?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.