CVE-2023-53828 (GCVE-0-2023-53828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 01:29 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:16
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_add_adv_monitor()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_add_adv_monitor() KSAN reports use-after-free in hci_add_adv_monitor(). While adding an adv monitor, hci_add_adv_monitor() calls -> msft_add_monitor_pattern() calls -> msft_add_monitor_sync() calls -> msft_le_monitor_advertisement_cb() calls in an error case -> hci_free_adv_monitor() which frees the *moniter. This is referenced by bt_dev_dbg() in hci_add_adv_monitor(). Fix the bt_dev_dbg() by using handle instead of monitor->handle.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: b747a83690c8f53bc7a3f75899415c699b2c51aa , < 81d8e9f59df63b8358751c1ffed9f1cf5c796909 (git)
Affected: b747a83690c8f53bc7a3f75899415c699b2c51aa , < aafda69d4807f5edf3558c9534be9b911774e63a (git)
Affected: b747a83690c8f53bc7a3f75899415c699b2c51aa , < 8d66f7ced51cb924bc90278d6a0a26a52877271a (git)
Affected: b747a83690c8f53bc7a3f75899415c699b2c51aa , < a2bcd2b63271a93a695fabbfbf459c603d956d48 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.53 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.16 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5.3 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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