CVE-2023-54210

Linux Kernel 6.0-6.1.41, 6.2-6.4.6 - Use-After-Free in Bluetooth HCI Monitor Removal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_remove_adv_monitor() KASAN reports that there's a use-after-free in hci_remove_adv_monitor(). Trawling through the disassembly, you can see that the complaint is from the access in bt_dev_dbg() under the HCI_ADV_MONITOR_EXT_MSFT case. The problem case happens because msft_remove_monitor() can end up freeing the monitor structure. Specifically: hci_remove_adv_monitor() -> msft_remove_monitor() -> msft_remove_monitor_sync() -> msft_le_cancel_monitor_advertisement_cb() -> hci_free_adv_monitor() Let's fix the problem by just stashing the relevant data when it's still valid.

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.9%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 6.0.0 - 6.1.42linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.4.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.42 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.7 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 7cf5c2978f23fdbb2dd7b4e8b07e362ae2d8211c - 0d4d6b083da9b033ddccef72d77f373c819ae3ea
Linux/Linux 7cf5c2978f23fdbb2dd7b4e8b07e362ae2d8211c - bf00c2c8f6254f44ac041aa9a311ae9e0caf692b
Linux/Linux 7cf5c2978f23fdbb2dd7b4e8b07e362ae2d8211c - de6dfcefd107667ce2dbedf4d9337f5ed557a4a1
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026