{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53386", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-17T14:54:09.737Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-18T13:33:29.897Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:49.431Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:49.431Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys\n\nSimilar to commit c5d2b6fa26b5 (\"Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in\nhci_remove_ltk/hci_remove_irk\"). We can not access k after kfree_rcu()\ncall." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The UAF is reached via local AF_BLUETOOTH HCI_CHANNEL_CONTROL MGMT commands (LOAD_LINK_KEYS/LTKs/IRKs, SET_BLOCKED_KEYS) or hci_release_dev teardown; no over-the-air peer data drives the clear-keys path, matching prior mgmt.c scoring (e.g. CVE-2024-53208, CVE-2024-49951).\nAC:L - The attacker deterministically populates a key list then re-issues the same MGMT load/clear command (or tears down the adapter), and under PREEMPT the kfree_rcu→list_next_entry window is attacker-retryable with a long key list and heap spray; no condition outside attacker control is required.\nPR:L - Trusted MGMT handlers require CAP_NET_ADMIN (HCI_SOCK_TRUSTED), which real deployments grant to non-root Bluetooth services (bluetoothd, Android AID_BLUETOOTH) rather than full root; consistent with prior CAP_NET_ADMIN-gated mgmt UAF scores.\nUI:N - The attacker issues the MGMT commands (or drives adapter teardown) entirely from its own process; no victim interaction is required.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel heap within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - This is a use-after-free of sprayable kmalloc key objects (link_key/smp_ltk/smp_irk/blocked_key); after reclaim, reading the stale list next pointer and related fields yields an attacker-influenced kernel memory disclosure primitive.\nI:H - UAF of these heap objects enables heap grooming for write/control-flow hijack via corrupted list linkage and subsequent operations on attacker-controlled freed memory, per standard kernel UAF integrity scoring.\nA:H - Dereferencing freed key objects during list iteration reliably produces KASAN reports, oopses, or panics, and any use-after-free is scored High availability." } ] } ], 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