CVE-2023-31083

kernel: race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO in hci_uart_tty_ioctl

Published Apr 24, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. In hci_uart_tty_ioctl, there is a race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO. HCI_UART_PROTO_SET is set before hu->proto is set. A NULL pointer dereference may occur.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3912-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4008-1 linux-6.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5782-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6439-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6439-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-3 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6462-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6462-2 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6464-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-3 Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6466-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6516-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6520-1 Linux kernel (StarFive) vulnerabilities
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362

    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

  • CWE-476

    NULL Pointer Dereference

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2025, 9:48 PM
Reserved
Apr 24, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2023, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:56 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 17, 2023, 12:00 AM