{"cve":"CVE-2023-53046","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-02T16:15:23.697","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:53.120","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear\n\nThere is a potential race condition in hci_cmd_sync_work and\nhci_cmd_sync_clear, and could lead to use-after-free. For instance,\nhci_cmd_sync_work is added to the 'req_workqueue' after cancel_work_sync\nThe entry of 'cmd_sync_work_list' may be freed in hci_cmd_sync_clear, and\ncausing kernel panic when it is used in 'hci_cmd_sync_work'.\n\nHere's the call trace:\n\ndump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63\nprint_report.cold+0x5e/0x5d3\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nkasan_report+0xaa/0x120\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\n__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20\nhci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\n? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x8e/0xf0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\n? poll_idle+0x1e0/0x1e0\nkthread+0x285/0x320\n? process_one_work+0x11c0/0x11c0\n? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n</TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 266:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\n__kasan_kmalloc+0xae/0xe0\nkmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x191/0x350\nhci_cmd_sync_queue+0x97/0x2b0\nhci_update_passive_scan+0x176/0x1d0\nle_conn_complete_evt+0x1b5/0x1a00\nhci_le_conn_complete_evt+0x234/0x340\nhci_le_meta_evt+0x231/0x4e0\nhci_event_packet+0x4c5/0xf00\nhci_rx_work+0x37d/0x880\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\nkthread+0x285/0x320\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFreed by task 269:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\nkasan_set_track+0x25/0x40\nkasan_set_free_info+0x24/0x40\n____kasan_slab_free+0x176/0x1c0\n__kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20\nslab_free_freelist_hook+0x95/0x1a0\nkfree+0xba/0x2f0\nhci_cmd_sync_clear+0x14c/0x210\nhci_unregister_dev+0xff/0x440\nvhci_release+0x7b/0xf0\n__fput+0x1f3/0x970\n____fput+0xe/0x20\ntask_work_run+0xd4/0x160\ndo_exit+0x8b0/0x22a0\ndo_group_exit+0xba/0x2a0\nget_signal+0x1e4a/0x25b0\narch_do_signal_or_restart+0x93/0x1f80\nexit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf5/0x1a0\nsyscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x50\nret_from_fork+0x15/0x30","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c66bee492a5fe00ae3fe890bb693bfc99f994c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608901a77c945ac15dea23f6098c9882ef19d9f0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be586211a3ab40a4f4ca60450e0d31606afc55ec"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53046","score":0.00148,"percentile":0.03954,"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."]}