CVE-2023-53597

CVE-2023-53597 affects the Linux kernel CIFS reconnection path. The bug caused a mid and credits leak when STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT responses exceed a threshold, allowing server->in_flight to become inaccurate. The patch moves the check to occur after response decryption (including transform-header r...

kernel: cifs: fix mid leak during reconnection after timeout threshold

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix mid leak during reconnection after timeout threshold When the number of responses with status of STATUSIOTIMEOUT exceeds a specified threshold NUMSTATUSIOTIMEOUT, we reconnect the connection. But we do not return the mi...