Vulnerability CVE-2023-1195


Published: 2023-05-18   Modified: 2023-05-19

Description:
A use-after-free flaw was found in reconn_set_ipaddr_from_hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel. The issue occurs when it forgets to set the free pointer server->hostname to NULL, leading to an invalid pointer request.

 References:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/153695d36ead0ccc4d0256953c751cabf673e621

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