In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs

The following memory leak can be observed when the controller supports
codecs which are stored in local_codecs list but the elements are never
freed:

unreferenced object 0xffff88800221d840 (size 32):
comm "kworker/u3:0", pid 36, jiffies 4294898739 (age 127.060s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
f8 d3 02 03 80 88 ff ff 80 d8 21 02 80 88 ff ff ..........!.....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffffb324f557>] __kmalloc+0x47/0x120
[<ffffffffb39ef37d>] hci_codec_list_add.isra.0+0x2d/0x160
[<ffffffffb39ef643>] hci_read_codec_capabilities+0x183/0x270
[<ffffffffb39ef9ab>] hci_read_supported_codecs+0x1bb/0x2d0
[<ffffffffb39f162e>] hci_read_local_codecs_sync+0x3e/0x60
[<ffffffffb39ff1b3>] hci_dev_open_sync+0x943/0x11e0
[<ffffffffb396d55d>] hci_power_on+0x10d/0x3f0
[<ffffffffb30c99b4>] process_one_work+0x404/0x800
[<ffffffffb30ca134>] worker_thread+0x374/0x670
[<ffffffffb30d9108>] kthread+0x188/0x1c0
[<ffffffffb304db6b>] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x50
[<ffffffffb300206a>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

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Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:38:26.511Z

Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.317Z

Link: CVE-2023-52518

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Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:20.700Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-02T22:15:47.970

Modified: 2025-03-19T16:24:36.123

Link: CVE-2023-52518

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52518 - Bugzilla

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