CVE-2023-54258
9.8 · CRITICALOverview
CVE-2023-54258 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 30, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: fix potential oops in cifs_oplock_break
With deferred close we can have closes that race with lease breaks,
and so with the current checks for whether to send the lease response,
oplock_response(), this can mean that an unmount (kill_sb) can occur
just before we were checking if the tcon->ses is valid. See below:
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] RIP: 0010:cifs_oplock_break+0x1f7/0x5b0 [cifs]
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] Code: 7d a8 48 8b 7d c0 c0 e9 02 48 89 45 b8 41 89 cf e8 3e f5 ff ff 4c 89 f7 41 83 e7 01 e8 82 b3 03 f2 49 8b 45 50 48 85 c0 74 5e <48> 83 78 60 00 74 57 45 84 ff 75 52 48 8b 43 98 48 83 eb 68 48 39
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] RSP: 0018:ffffb30607ddbdf8 EFLAGS: 00010206
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] RAX: 632d223d32612022 RBX: ffff97136944b1e0 RCX: 0000000080100009
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000080100009 RDI: ffff97136944b188
[Fri Aug 4 04:12:50 2023] RBP: ffffb30607ddbe58
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-54258?
CVE-2023-54258 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 30, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
How severe is CVE-2023-54258?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-54258?
Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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