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.
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | bpftool | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-core | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-cross-headers | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-core | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-doc | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-headers | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-core | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-core | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2821 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-core | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | perf | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-perf | 4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:2720 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.190-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.5.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.5.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 | RLSA-2026:2720 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel-rt | 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.rt7.446.el8_10 | RLSA-2026:2821 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53762 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before 5e3ee972f185eb7957ce789b3bf13a3cb790f178182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before a30c074f0b5b7f909a15c978fbc96a29e2f94e42182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before ba3ba53ce1f76fc372b8f918fece4f9b1e41acd4182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 – before 94d9ba9f9888b748d4abd2aa1547af56ae85f772 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.17 |