FKIE_CVE-2023-53762
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-08 02:15 - Updated: 2026-10-03 11:17
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync
Use-after-free can occur in hci_disconnect_all_sync if a connection is
deleted by concurrent processing of a controller event.
To prevent this the code now tries to iterate over the list backwards
to ensure the links are cleanup before its parents, also it no longer
relies on a cursor, instead it always uses the last element since
hci_abort_conn_sync is guaranteed to call hci_conn_del.
UAF crash log:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_powered_sync
(net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5424) [bluetooth]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009d9c000 by task kworker/u9:0/124
CPU: 0 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Tainted: G W
6.5.0-rc1+ #10
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work [bluetooth]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90
print_report+0xcf/0x670
? __virt_addr_valid+0xdd/0x160
? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]
kasan_report+0xa6/0xe0
? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]
? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]
hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]
? __pfx_hci_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]
? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x137/0x220 [bluetooth]
process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0
? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90
worker_thread+0x92/0x630
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x196/0x1e0
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
</TASK>
Allocated by task 1782:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
hci_conn_add+0xa5/0xa80 [bluetooth]
hci_bind_cis+0x881/0x9b0 [bluetooth]
iso_connect_cis+0x121/0x520 [bluetooth]
iso_sock_connect+0x3f6/0x790 [bluetooth]
__sys_connect+0x109/0x130
__x64_sys_connect+0x40/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
Freed by task 695:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50
__kasan_slab_free+0x10a/0x180
__kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x2e0
device_release+0x5d/0xf0
kobject_put+0xdf/0x270
hci_disconn_complete_evt+0x274/0x3a0 [bluetooth]
hci_event_packet+0x579/0x7e0 [bluetooth]
hci_rx_work+0x287/0xaa0 [bluetooth]
process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0
worker_thread+0x92/0x630
kthread+0x196/0x1e0
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
==================================================================
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": "182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "a30c074f0b5b7f909a15c978fbc96a29e2f94e42",
"status": "affected",
"version": "182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "ba3ba53ce1f76fc372b8f918fece4f9b1e41acd4",
"status": "affected",
"version": "182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
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"programFiles": [
"net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.17"
},
{
"lessThan": "5.17",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.189",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.4.16",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.5.3",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync\n\nUse-after-free can occur in hci_disconnect_all_sync if a connection is\ndeleted by concurrent processing of a controller event.\n\nTo prevent this the code now tries to iterate over the list backwards\nto ensure the links are cleanup before its parents, also it no longer\nrelies on a cursor, instead it always uses the last element since\nhci_abort_conn_sync is guaranteed to call hci_conn_del.\n\nUAF crash log:\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_powered_sync\n(net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5424) [bluetooth]\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888009d9c000 by task kworker/u9:0/124\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Tainted: G W\n6.5.0-rc1+ #10\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS\n1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work [bluetooth]\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90\n print_report+0xcf/0x670\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0xdd/0x160\n ? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]\n kasan_report+0xa6/0xe0\n ? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]\n hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx_hci_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]\n hci_cmd_sync_work+0x137/0x220 [bluetooth]\n process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0\n ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n worker_thread+0x92/0x630\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x196/0x1e0\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 1782:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n hci_conn_add+0xa5/0xa80 [bluetooth]\n hci_bind_cis+0x881/0x9b0 [bluetooth]\n iso_connect_cis+0x121/0x520 [bluetooth]\n iso_sock_connect+0x3f6/0x790 [bluetooth]\n __sys_connect+0x109/0x130\n __x64_sys_connect+0x40/0x50\n do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8\n\nFreed by task 695:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50\n __kasan_slab_free+0x10a/0x180\n __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x2e0\n device_release+0x5d/0xf0\n kobject_put+0xdf/0x270\n hci_disconn_complete_evt+0x274/0x3a0 [bluetooth]\n hci_event_packet+0x579/0x7e0 [bluetooth]\n hci_rx_work+0x287/0xaa0 [bluetooth]\n process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0\n worker_thread+0x92/0x630\n kthread+0x196/0x1e0\n ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50\n=================================================================="
}
],
"id": "CVE-2023-53762",
"lastModified": "2026-10-03T11:17:28.767",
"metrics": {
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"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
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"type": "Secondary"
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"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2026-06-16T15:46:42.482426Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
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"published": "2025-12-08T02:15:52.043",
"references": [
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"vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}
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