CVE-2023-54162: Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock() argv needs to be free when setup_async_work fails or when the current process is woken up.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.15, before 5.15.145 (fixed in 5.15.145); from 5.16, before 6.1.16 (fixed in 6.1.16); from 6.2, before 6.2.3 (fixed in 6.2.3)

Published 2025-12-30. Last modified 2026-08-04.