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CVE-2023-53399

kernel: ksmbd: fix NULL pointer dereference in smb2_get_info_filesystem()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · September 18, 2025

Updated · October 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix NULL pointer dereference in smb2_get_info_filesystem()

If share is , share->path is NULL and it cause NULL pointer dereference issue.

Statement

This vulnerability does not impact Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the in-kernel SMB server (ksmbd) is neither built nor enabled in Red Hat kernels. Red Hat provides SMB network file sharing services exclusively via userspace Samba packages. Consequently, supported Red Hat environments do not include the affected module and are not exposed to this denial of service flaw.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified