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

Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn

In hci_cs_disconnect, we do hci_conn_del even if disconnection failed.

ISO, L2CAP and SCO connections refer to the hci_conn without
hci_conn_get, so disconn_cfm must be called so they can clean up their
conn, otherwise use-after-free occurs.

ISO:
==========================================================
iso_sock_connect:880: sk 00000000eabd6557
iso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da
...
iso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000001696f1fd conn 00000000b6251073
hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 17
__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000b6251073
iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 00000000eabd6557 state 3
...
hci_rx_work:4085: hci0 Event packet
hci_event_packet:7601: hci0: event 0x0f
hci_cmd_status_evt:4346: hci0: opcode 0x0406
hci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c
hci_sent_cmd_data:3107: hci0 opcode 0x0406
hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000001696f1fd handle 2560
hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000001696f1fd
hci_conn_drop:1451: hcon 00000000d8521aaf orig refcnt 2
hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000001696f1fd
hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21
hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 20
hci_req_cmd_complete:3978: opcode 0x0406 status 0x0c
... <no iso_* activity on sk/conn> ...
iso_sock_sendmsg:1098: sock 00000000dea5e2e0, sk 00000000eabd6557
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000668
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:iso_sock_sendmsg (net/bluetooth/iso.c:1112) bluetooth
==========================================================

L2CAP:
==================================================================
hci_cmd_status_evt:4359: hci0: opcode 0x0406
hci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c
hci_sent_cmd_data:3085: hci0 opcode 0x0406
hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 handle 3585
hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon ffff88800c999000
hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon ffff88800c999000
hci_chan_del:2761: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 chan ffff888018ddd280
...
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888018ddd298 by task bluetoothd/1175

CPU: 0 PID: 1175 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G E 6.4.0-rc4+ #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90
print_report+0xcf/0x670
? __virt_addr_valid+0xf8/0x180
? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]
kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0
? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]
hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]
? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
l2cap_chan_send+0x1fd/0x1300 [bluetooth]
? l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0xf2/0x170 [bluetooth]
? __pfx_l2cap_chan_send+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]
? lock_release+0x1d5/0x3c0
? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90
l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0x100/0x170 [bluetooth]
sock_write_iter+0x275/0x280
? __pfx_sock_write_iter+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
do_iter_readv_writev+0x176/0x220
? __pfx_do_iter_readv_writev+0x10/0x10
? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0
? selinux_file_permission+0x13e/0x210
do_iter_write+0xda/0x340
vfs_writev+0x1b4/0x400
? __pfx_vfs_writev+0x10/0x10
? __seccomp_filter+0x112/0x750
? populate_seccomp_data+0x182/0x220
? __fget_light+0xdf/0x100
? do_writev+0x19d/0x210
do_writev+0x19d/0x210
? __pfx_do_writev+0x10/0x10
? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90
do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210
? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
RIP: 0033:0x7ff45cb23e64
Code: 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 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89
RSP: 002b:00007fff21ae09b8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
---truncated---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
b8d290525e3972b5e876b2649a42bf4081d753fe affected < 59bd1e476bbc7bc6dff3c61bba787095a4839796
b8d290525e3972b5e876b2649a42bf4081d753fe affected < 093a07052406b363b1b2ab489e17dbadaf3e509b
b8d290525e3972b5e876b2649a42bf4081d753fe affected < 7f7cfcb6f0825652973b780f248603e23f16ee90
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.7 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.7
6.1.42 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.4.7 unaffected ≤ 6.4.*
6.5 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn In hci_cs_disconnect, we do hci_conn_del even if disconnection failed. ISO, L2CAP and SCO connections refer to the hci_conn without hci_conn_get, so disconn_cfm must be called so they can clean up their conn, otherwise use-after-free occurs. ISO: ========================================================== iso_sock_connect:880: sk 00000000eabd6557 iso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da ... iso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000001696f1fd conn 00000000b6251073 hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 17 __iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000b6251073 iso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 00000000eabd6557 state 3 ... hci_rx_work:4085: hci0 Event packet hci_event_packet:7601: hci0: event 0x0f hci_cmd_status_evt:4346: hci0: opcode 0x0406 hci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c hci_sent_cmd_data:3107: hci0 opcode 0x0406 hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000001696f1fd handle 2560 hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000001696f1fd hci_conn_drop:1451: hcon 00000000d8521aaf orig refcnt 2 hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000001696f1fd hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21 hci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 20 hci_req_cmd_complete:3978: opcode 0x0406 status 0x0c ... <no iso_* activity on sk/conn> ... iso_sock_sendmsg:1098: sock 00000000dea5e2e0, sk 00000000eabd6557 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000668 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:iso_sock_sendmsg (net/bluetooth/iso.c:1112) bluetooth ========================================================== L2CAP: ================================================================== hci_cmd_status_evt:4359: hci0: opcode 0x0406 hci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c hci_sent_cmd_data:3085: hci0 opcode 0x0406 hci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 handle 3585 hci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon ffff88800c999000 hci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon ffff88800c999000 hci_chan_del:2761: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 chan ffff888018ddd280 ... BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888018ddd298 by task bluetoothd/1175 CPU: 0 PID: 1175 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G E 6.4.0-rc4+ #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90 print_report+0xcf/0x670 ? __virt_addr_valid+0xf8/0x180 ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth] kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0 ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth] hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth] ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10 l2cap_chan_send+0x1fd/0x1300 [bluetooth] ? l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0xf2/0x170 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_l2cap_chan_send+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ? lock_release+0x1d5/0x3c0 ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90 l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0x100/0x170 [bluetooth] sock_write_iter+0x275/0x280 ? __pfx_sock_write_iter+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10 do_iter_readv_writev+0x176/0x220 ? __pfx_do_iter_readv_writev+0x10/0x10 ? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0 ? selinux_file_permission+0x13e/0x210 do_iter_write+0xda/0x340 vfs_writev+0x1b4/0x400 ? __pfx_vfs_writev+0x10/0x10 ? __seccomp_filter+0x112/0x750 ? populate_seccomp_data+0x182/0x220 ? __fget_light+0xdf/0x100 ? do_writev+0x19d/0x210 do_writev+0x19d/0x210 ? __pfx_do_writev+0x10/0x10 ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90 do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210 ? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x7ff45cb23e64 Code: 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 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89 RSP: 002b:00007fff21ae09b8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: ---truncated---
Title Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-07T15:21:29.632Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T15:16:59.663Z

Link: CVE-2023-53673

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-07T16:15:51.247

Modified: 2026-02-03T18:58:43.607

Link: CVE-2023-53673

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53673 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-08T13:35:12Z

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