{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53673 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53673 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53673 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53673 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53673 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53673/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53673/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53673","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53673/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53673","record":{"aliases":["AZL-76422","BELL-CVE-2023-53673","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53673","GHSA-7v48-2x62-5ff3","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-53673","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-53673","SUSE-SU-2025:4237-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4242-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4281-1","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53673"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel Bluetooth","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn\n\nIn hci_cs_disconnect, we do hci_conn_del even if disconnection failed.\n\nISO, L2CAP and SCO connections refer to the hci_conn without\nhci_conn_get, so disconn_cfm must be called so they can clean up their\nconn, otherwise use-after-free occurs.\n\nISO:\n==========================================================\niso_sock_connect:880: sk 00000000eabd6557\niso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -\u003e 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da\n...\niso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000001696f1fd conn 00000000b6251073\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 17\n__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000b6251073\niso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 00000000eabd6557 state 3\n...\nhci_rx_work:4085: hci0 Event packet\nhci_event_packet:7601: hci0: event 0x0f\nhci_cmd_status_evt:4346: hci0: opcode 0x0406\nhci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c\nhci_sent_cmd_data:3107: hci0 opcode 0x0406\nhci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000001696f1fd handle 2560\nhci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000001696f1fd\nhci_conn_drop:1451: hcon 00000000d8521aaf orig refcnt 2\nhci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000001696f1fd\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 20\nhci_req_cmd_complete:3978: opcode 0x0406 status 0x0c\n... \u003cno iso_* activity on sk/conn\u003e ...\niso_sock_sendmsg:1098: sock 00000000dea5e2e0, sk 00000000eabd6557\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000668\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:iso_sock_sendmsg (net/bluetooth/iso.c:1112) bluetooth\n==========================================================\n\nL2CAP:\n==================================================================\nhci_cmd_status_evt:4359: hci0: opcode 0x0406\nhci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c\nhci_sent_cmd_data:3085: hci0 opcode 0x0406\nhci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 handle 3585\nhci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon ffff88800c999000\nhci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon ffff88800c999000\nhci_chan_del:2761: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 chan ffff888018ddd280\n...\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888018ddd298 by task bluetoothd/1175\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 1175 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G            E      6.4.0-rc4+ #2\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90\n print_report+0xcf/0x670\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0xf8/0x180\n ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0\n ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10\n l2cap_chan_send+0x1fd/0x1300 [bluetooth]\n ? l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0xf2/0x170 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx_l2cap_chan_send+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]\n ? lock_release+0x1d5/0x3c0\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0x100/0x170 [bluetooth]\n sock_write_iter+0x275/0x280\n ? __pfx_sock_write_iter+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10\n do_iter_readv_writev+0x176/0x220\n ? __pfx_do_iter_readv_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0\n ? selinux_file_permission+0x13e/0x210\n do_iter_write+0xda/0x340\n vfs_writev+0x1b4/0x400\n ? __pfx_vfs_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? __seccomp_filter+0x112/0x750\n ? populate_seccomp_data+0x182/0x220\n ? __fget_light+0xdf/0x100\n ? do_writev+0x19d/0x210\n do_writev+0x19d/0x210\n ? __pfx_do_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210\n ? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\nRIP: 0033:0x7ff45cb23e64\nCode: 15 d1 1f 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b8 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d 9d a7 0d 00 00 74 13 b8 14 00 00 00 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89\nRSP: 002b:00007fff21ae09b8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: \n---truncated---","ecosystems":["SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn","id":"CVE-2023-53673","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2023"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"clk: Fix memory leak in devm_clk_notifier_register()","id":"CVE-2023-53674"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4","fixed":["8-150400.2.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_42","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_42\u0026distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4","source":"SUSE-SU-2025:4237-1"},{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4","fixed":["5-150400.2.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_43","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_43\u0026distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4","source":"SUSE-SU-2025:4281-1"},{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4","fixed":["2-150400.2.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_45","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_45\u0026distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4","source":"SUSE-SU-2025:4242-1"}],"prev":{"headline":"btrfs: output extra debug info if we failed to find an inline backref","id":"CVE-2023-53672"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-07","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"SUSE","prefix":"SUSE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53673/"}