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CVE-2023-32256

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32256 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component, specifically a race condition during SMB2 close and logoff operations in multichannel connections. This flaw has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-attackable vulnerability with high impact on availability and low impact on confidentiality, but with high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Https://Git.Kernel.Org/Pub/Scm/Linux/Kernel/Git/Torvalds/Linux.Git/Linux
>= 0, < 5.15.145, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.*, >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.29, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.16, >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.2CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 15th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-32256Important

kernel: ksmbd race issue from smb2 close and logoff with multichannel

May 17, 2023

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-32256
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-704