CVE-2023-40283 (GCVE-0-2023-40283)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-14 00:00 – Updated: 2026-02-25 17:20
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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