CVE-2023-40283 (GCVE-0-2023-40283)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-14 00:00 – Updated: 2026-02-25 17:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is a use-after-free because the children of an sk are mishandled.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-10 04:00 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
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