Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53762Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 ==================================================================

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10ALSA-2026:2821
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:2720
Debian:12linux6.1.190-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762
Debian:13linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762
Debian:14linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10RLSA-2026:2720
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10RLSA-2026:2821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before 5e3ee972f185eb7957ce789b3bf13a3cb790f178182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before a30c074f0b5b7f909a15c978fbc96a29e2f94e42182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before ba3ba53ce1f76fc372b8f918fece4f9b1e41acd4182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before 94d9ba9f9888b748d4abd2aa1547af56ae85f772
Linux Linux 5.17

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