{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-53673",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-53673"
  ],
  "published": "2025-10-07T15:23:56Z",
  "summary": "Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn\n\nIn hci_cs_disconnect, we do hci_conn_del even if disconnection failed.\n\nISO, L2CAP and SCO connections refer to the hci_conn without\nhci_conn_get, so disconn_cfm must be called so they can clean up their\nconn, otherwise use-after-free occurs.\n\nISO:\n==========================================================\niso_sock_connect:880: sk 00000000eabd6557\niso_connect_cis:356: 70:1a:b8:98:ff:a2 -> 28:3d:c2:4a:7e:da\n...\niso_conn_add:140: hcon 000000001696f1fd conn 00000000b6251073\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 17\n__iso_chan_add:214: conn 00000000b6251073\niso_sock_clear_timer:117: sock 00000000eabd6557 state 3\n...\nhci_rx_work:4085: hci0 Event packet\nhci_event_packet:7601: hci0: event 0x0f\nhci_cmd_status_evt:4346: hci0: opcode 0x0406\nhci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c\nhci_sent_cmd_data:3107: hci0 opcode 0x0406\nhci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon 000000001696f1fd handle 2560\nhci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon 000000001696f1fd\nhci_conn_drop:1451: hcon 00000000d8521aaf orig refcnt 2\nhci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon 000000001696f1fd\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 21\nhci_dev_put:1487: hci0 orig refcnt 20\nhci_req_cmd_complete:3978: opcode 0x0406 status 0x0c\n... <no iso_* activity on sk/conn> ...\niso_sock_sendmsg:1098: sock 00000000dea5e2e0, sk 00000000eabd6557\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000668\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:iso_sock_sendmsg (net/bluetooth/iso.c:1112) bluetooth\n==========================================================\n\nL2CAP:\n==================================================================\nhci_cmd_status_evt:4359: hci0: opcode 0x0406\nhci_cs_disconnect:2760: hci0: status 0x0c\nhci_sent_cmd_data:3085: hci0 opcode 0x0406\nhci_conn_del:1151: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 handle 3585\nhci_conn_unlink:1102: hci0: hcon ffff88800c999000\nhci_chan_list_flush:2780: hcon ffff88800c999000\nhci_chan_del:2761: hci0 hcon ffff88800c999000 chan ffff888018ddd280\n...\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888018ddd298 by task bluetoothd/1175\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 1175 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G            E      6.4.0-rc4+ #2\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90\n print_report+0xcf/0x670\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0xf8/0x180\n ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0\n ? hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n hci_send_acl+0x2d/0x540 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10\n l2cap_chan_send+0x1fd/0x1300 [bluetooth]\n ? l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0xf2/0x170 [bluetooth]\n ? __pfx_l2cap_chan_send+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]\n ? lock_release+0x1d5/0x3c0\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n l2cap_sock_sendmsg+0x100/0x170 [bluetooth]\n sock_write_iter+0x275/0x280\n ? __pfx_sock_write_iter+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10\n do_iter_readv_writev+0x176/0x220\n ? __pfx_do_iter_readv_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0\n ? selinux_file_permission+0x13e/0x210\n do_iter_write+0xda/0x340\n vfs_writev+0x1b4/0x400\n ? __pfx_vfs_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? __seccomp_filter+0x112/0x750\n ? populate_seccomp_data+0x182/0x220\n ? __fget_light+0xdf/0x100\n ? do_writev+0x19d/0x210\n do_writev+0x19d/0x210\n ? __pfx_do_writev+0x10/0x10\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210\n ? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x90\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x149/0x210\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\nRIP: 0033:0x7ff45cb23e64\nCode: 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\nRSP: 002b:00007fff21ae09b8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: \n---truncated---",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi1-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi1-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi1-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi1-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.21-1+rpt1": {
            "linux_commit": "0afb5e98488aed7017b9bf321b575d0177feb7ed",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.21",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.42"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53673"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ecf6dc2676ead4b927c50b1be0851fa4d756574"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59bd1e476bbc7bc6dff3c61bba787095a4839796"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/093a07052406b363b1b2ab489e17dbadaf3e509b"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7cfcb6f0825652973b780f248603e23f16ee90"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T11:24:39Z"
  }
}
