Bug 2419838 (CVE-2023-53762) - CVE-2023-53762 kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling
Summary: CVE-2023-53762 kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-a...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53762
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-08 07:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-25 14:15 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:2720 0 None None None 2026-02-16 11:50:24 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:2821 0 None None None 2026-02-17 12:46:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:3267 0 None None None 2026-02-25 00:18:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:3358 0 None None None 2026-02-25 14:15:06 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-08 07:02:23 UTC
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:
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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
==================================================================

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-16 11:50:22 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:2720 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2720

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-17 12:46:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:2821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2821

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-25 00:18:57 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:3267 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3267

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-25 14:15:05 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:3358 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3358


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