CVE-2023-53381 (GCVE-0-2023-53381)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-18 13:33
Modified
2026-08-05 09:13
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: fix leaked reference count of nfsd4_ssc_umount_item The reference count of nfsd4_ssc_umount_item is not decremented on error conditions. This prevents the laundromat from unmounting the vfsmount of the source file. This patch decrements the reference count of nfsd4_ssc_umount_item on error.
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Linux Linux Version: a4bc287943f5695209ff36bdc89f17b48d68fae7
Version: f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b
Version: f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b
Version: f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b
Version: f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b
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