CVE-2023-53297 (GCVE-0-2023-53297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 08:11 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid,
if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance'
is triggered.
Severity
8.8 (High)
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 18:12 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f2d38e77aa5f3effc143e7dd24da8acf02925958 , < 5f352a56f0e607e6ff539cbf12156bfd8af232be
(git)
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guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.3 (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.316 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.284 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.244 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.181 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.113 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.30 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3.4 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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