CVE-2023-52518

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak in Bluetooth HCI Codec Local Codecs List

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 6.1.57 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.7 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
Linux/Linux 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 - 626535077ba9dc110787540d1fe24881094c15a1
Linux/Linux 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 - b938790e70540bf4f2e653dcd74b232494d06c8f
Linux/Linux 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 - eea5a8f0c3b7c884d2351e75fbdd0a3d7def5ae1
linux/linux_kernel 6.6 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.16 - 6.1.57
Published Mar 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026