Bug 2395681 (CVE-2023-53297)

Summary: CVE-2023-53297 kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-16 09:03:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp

conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid,
if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance'
is triggered.