CVE-2023-53305 (GCVE-0-2023-53305)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 16:11 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free
Fix potential use-after-free in l2cap_le_command_rej.
Severity
8.8 (High)
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 18:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
71fb419724fadab4efdf98210aa3fe053bd81d29 , < e76bab1b7afa580cd76362540fc37551ada4359b
(git)
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guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
3.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.14 (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.324 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.293 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.255 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.192 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.128 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.47 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.12 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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