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This could cause a\nmemory leak in the layoutget codepath if there is an error at an\ninopportune time.\n\nHave the compound processing engine always call op_release, even when\nop_func sets an error in op->status. With this change, we also need\nnfsd4_block_get_device_info_scsi to set the gd_device pointer to NULL\non error to avoid a double free."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c","fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2","lessThan":"65a33135e91e6dd661ecdf1194b9d90c49ae3570","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2","lessThan":"b11d8162c24af4a351d21e2c804d25ca493305e3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2","lessThan":"b623a8e5d38a69a3ef8644acb1030dd7c7bc28b3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2","lessThan":"3d0dcada384af22dec764c8374a2997870ec86ae","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"34b1744c91ccd44811005822106945fa80ecbff2","lessThan":"15a8b55dbb1ba154d82627547c5761cac884d810","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c","fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.220","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.154","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.24","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2.11","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.220"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.154"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.24"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.2.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65a33135e91e6dd661ecdf1194b9d90c49ae3570"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11d8162c24af4a351d21e2c804d25ca493305e3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b623a8e5d38a69a3ef8644acb1030dd7c7bc28b3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d0dcada384af22dec764c8374a2997870ec86ae"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a8b55dbb1ba154d82627547c5761cac884d810"}],"title":"nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2023-53241","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-01-14T17:57:52.493898Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","type":"CWE","cweId":"CWE-401","description":"CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime"}]}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2026-01-14T18:02:50.702Z"}}]}}