Re: CVE-2023-52572: cifs: Fix UAF in cifs_demultiplex_thread()

[Robert Frohl]

On 06.03.24 10:45, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 10:23:37AM +0100, Robert Frohl wrote:
> > On 06.03.24 10:16, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 10:30:08AM -0800, Red Hat Product Security wrote:
> > > > Hello Robert,
> > > >    Thank you for reaching to Red Hat Product Security.
> > > >    I have reviewed the flaws, CVE-2023-1192 has the correct patch used in the reference.
> > >
> > > What do you mean by "reference"?
> > >
> > > CVE-2023-1192 points to a patch for a totally different filesystem
> > > (ntfs3).  Will that be fixed?
> >
> > This is also stated in the RH bugzilla, that the initial patch was wrong:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154178#c28
>
> Ok, so what will RH be doing here?
>
> confused,

I hope that the additional information will help to update the published 
information.

The bug states that the initial patch was wrong, but it looks like it 
just was never updated/fixed in the published information for CVE-2023-1192.

Cheers,
Robert

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