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FKIE_CVE-2023-53046

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-02 16:15 - Updated: 2026-08-04 10:18

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear There is a potential race condition in hci_cmd_sync_work and hci_cmd_sync_clear, and could lead to use-after-free. For instance, hci_cmd_sync_work is added to the 'req_workqueue' after cancel_work_sync The entry of 'cmd_sync_work_list' may be freed in hci_cmd_sync_clear, and causing kernel panic when it is used in 'hci_cmd_sync_work'. Here's the call trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5d3 ? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320 kasan_report+0xaa/0x120 ? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320 process_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0 ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x8e/0xf0 worker_thread+0x544/0x1180 ? poll_idle+0x1e0/0x1e0 kthread+0x285/0x320 ? process_one_work+0x11c0/0x11c0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 266: kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50 __kasan_kmalloc+0xae/0xe0 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x191/0x350 hci_cmd_sync_queue+0x97/0x2b0 hci_update_passive_scan+0x176/0x1d0 le_conn_complete_evt+0x1b5/0x1a00 hci_le_conn_complete_evt+0x234/0x340 hci_le_meta_evt+0x231/0x4e0 hci_event_packet+0x4c5/0xf00 hci_rx_work+0x37d/0x880 process_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0 worker_thread+0x544/0x1180 kthread+0x285/0x320 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Freed by task 269: kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x40 kasan_set_free_info+0x24/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x176/0x1c0 __kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x95/0x1a0 kfree+0xba/0x2f0 hci_cmd_sync_clear+0x14c/0x210 hci_unregister_dev+0xff/0x440 vhci_release+0x7b/0xf0 __fput+0x1f3/0x970 ____fput+0xe/0x20 task_work_run+0xd4/0x160 do_exit+0x8b0/0x22a0 do_group_exit+0xba/0x2a0 get_signal+0x1e4a/0x25b0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x93/0x1f80 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf5/0x1a0 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x50 ret_from_fork+0x15/0x30

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c66bee492a5fe00ae3fe890bb693bfc99f994c6	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608901a77c945ac15dea23f6098c9882ef19d9f0	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be586211a3ab40a4f4ca60450e0d31606afc55ec	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	6.3
linux	linux_kernel	6.3
linux	linux_kernel	6.3

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CVE-2023-53046 (GCVE-0-2023-53046)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-02 15:55 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:12

Title

Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608901a77c945ac15…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be586211a3ab40a4f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c66bee492a5fe00a…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987 , < 608901a77c945ac15dea23f6098c9882ef19d9f0 (git) Affected: 6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987 , < be586211a3ab40a4f4ca60450e0d31606afc55ec (git) Affected: 6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987 , < 1c66bee492a5fe00ae3fe890bb693bfc99f994c6 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.22 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2.9 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear\n\nThere is a potential race condition in hci_cmd_sync_work and\nhci_cmd_sync_clear, and could lead to use-after-free. For instance,\nhci_cmd_sync_work is added to the \u0027req_workqueue\u0027 after cancel_work_sync\nThe entry of \u0027cmd_sync_work_list\u0027 may be freed in hci_cmd_sync_clear, and\ncausing kernel panic when it is used in \u0027hci_cmd_sync_work\u0027.\n\nHere\u0027s the call trace:\n\ndump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63\nprint_report.cold+0x5e/0x5d3\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nkasan_report+0xaa/0x120\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\n__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20\nhci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\n? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x8e/0xf0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\n? poll_idle+0x1e0/0x1e0\nkthread+0x285/0x320\n? process_one_work+0x11c0/0x11c0\n? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 266:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\n__kasan_kmalloc+0xae/0xe0\nkmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x191/0x350\nhci_cmd_sync_queue+0x97/0x2b0\nhci_update_passive_scan+0x176/0x1d0\nle_conn_complete_evt+0x1b5/0x1a00\nhci_le_conn_complete_evt+0x234/0x340\nhci_le_meta_evt+0x231/0x4e0\nhci_event_packet+0x4c5/0xf00\nhci_rx_work+0x37d/0x880\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\nkthread+0x285/0x320\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFreed by task 269:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\nkasan_set_track+0x25/0x40\nkasan_set_free_info+0x24/0x40\n____kasan_slab_free+0x176/0x1c0\n__kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20\nslab_free_freelist_hook+0x95/0x1a0\nkfree+0xba/0x2f0\nhci_cmd_sync_clear+0x14c/0x210\nhci_unregister_dev+0xff/0x440\nvhci_release+0x7b/0xf0\n__fput+0x1f3/0x970\n____fput+0xe/0x20\ntask_work_run+0xd4/0x160\ndo_exit+0x8b0/0x22a0\ndo_group_exit+0xba/0x2a0\nget_signal+0x1e4a/0x25b0\narch_do_signal_or_restart+0x93/0x1f80\nexit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf5/0x1a0\nsyscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x50\nret_from_fork+0x15/0x30"
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "AV:L - The free side requires hci_unregister_dev() (e.g. closing /dev/vhci or driver teardown); an adjacent Bluetooth peer can feed LE events into the allocate path but cannot itself unregister the HCI device, so exploitation is staged via local open/write/close of the transport.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race\u2014injecting HCI events (e.g. LE Connection Complete via vhci) that queue cmd_sync work through the HCI_UNREGISTER TOCTOU in hci_cmd_sync_queue, then closing the fd to run hci_cmd_sync_clear\u2014and can retry the open/inject/close cycle until the unprotected list free races with hci_cmd_sync_work.\nPR:L - vhci_open() has no capable() check, so any principal granted /dev/vhci (Android bluetooth uid, containers, permissive udev) can create/destroy virtual controllers and inject frames; this matches prior hci_unregister_dev teardown UAF scores (e.g. CVE-2025-38250, CVE-2024-58241).\nUI:N - The attacker performs device creation, HCI event injection, and teardown from its own processes; no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - The UAF corrupts kernel slab within the host kernel\u0027s security authority and does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - Use-after-free of the kmalloc\u0027d hci_cmd_sync_work_entry (containing func/data/destroy) allows reclaim/spray of the freed object and arbitrary kernel memory disclosure when hci_cmd_sync_work reads the stale entry.\nI:H - The same UAF exposes sprayable function pointers (entry-\u003efunc/destroy) invoked from hci_cmd_sync_work, enabling arbitrary write and control-flow hijack after heap grooming.\nA:H - The demonstrated KASAN slab-use-after-free in hci_cmd_sync_work causes kernel oops/panic, and the attacker can repeat the race to deny service."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:12:31.608Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608901a77c945ac15dea23f6098c9882ef19d9f0"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be586211a3ab40a4f4ca60450e0d31606afc55ec"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c66bee492a5fe00ae3fe890bb693bfc99f994c6"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-53046",
    "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:03.270Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:18:43.828Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:12:31.608Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}

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