{"cve":"CVE-2023-52518","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-02T22:15:47.970","modified":"2026-06-17T06:42:55.010","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs\n\nThe following memory leak can be observed when the controller supports\ncodecs which are stored in local_codecs list but the elements are never\nfreed:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88800221d840 (size 32):\n  comm \"kworker/u3:0\", pid 36, jiffies 4294898739 (age 127.060s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    f8 d3 02 03 80 88 ff ff 80 d8 21 02 80 88 ff ff  ..........!.....\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffffb324f557>] __kmalloc+0x47/0x120\n    [<ffffffffb39ef37d>] hci_codec_list_add.isra.0+0x2d/0x160\n    [<ffffffffb39ef643>] hci_read_codec_capabilities+0x183/0x270\n    [<ffffffffb39ef9ab>] hci_read_supported_codecs+0x1bb/0x2d0\n    [<ffffffffb39f162e>] hci_read_local_codecs_sync+0x3e/0x60\n    [<ffffffffb39ff1b3>] hci_dev_open_sync+0x943/0x11e0\n    [<ffffffffb396d55d>] hci_power_on+0x10d/0x3f0\n    [<ffffffffb30c99b4>] process_one_work+0x404/0x800\n    [<ffffffffb30ca134>] worker_thread+0x374/0x670\n    [<ffffffffb30d9108>] kthread+0x188/0x1c0\n    [<ffffffffb304db6b>] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x50\n    [<ffffffffb300206a>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/626535077ba9dc110787540d1fe24881094c15a1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b938790e70540bf4f2e653dcd74b232494d06c8f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea5a8f0c3b7c884d2351e75fbdd0a3d7def5ae1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/626535077ba9dc110787540d1fe24881094c15a1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b938790e70540bf4f2e653dcd74b232494d06c8f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:46:54.846886191+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52518","score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14971,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}