{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53520", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-10-01T11:39:39.407Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-01T11:46:07.355Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:14:36.124Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:14:36.124Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash\n\nIf hci_unregister_dev() frees the hci_dev object but hci_suspend_notifier\nmay still be accessing it, it can cause the program to crash.\nHere's the call trace:\n <4>[102152.653246] Call Trace:\n <4>[102152.653254] hci_suspend_sync+0x109/0x301 [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653259] hci_suspend_dev+0x78/0xcd [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653263] hci_suspend_notifier+0x42/0x7a [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653268] notifier_call_chain+0x43/0x6b\n <4>[102152.653271] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x69\n <4>[102152.653273] __pm_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x39\n <4>[102152.653276] pm_suspend+0x287/0x57c\n <4>[102152.653278] state_store+0xae/0xe5\n <4>[102152.653281] kernfs_fop_write+0x109/0x173\n <4>[102152.653284] __vfs_write+0x16f/0x1a2\n <4>[102152.653287] ? selinux_file_permission+0xca/0x16f\n <4>[102152.653289] ? security_file_permission+0x36/0x109\n <4>[102152.653291] vfs_write+0x114/0x21d\n <4>[102152.653293] __x64_sys_write+0x7b/0xdb\n <4>[102152.653296] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x194\n <4>[102152.653299] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5c/0xc1\n\nThis patch holds the reference count of the hci_dev object while\nprocessing it in hci_suspend_notifier to avoid potential crash\ncaused by the race condition." } ], "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 vulnerable callback is only invoked from the kernel PM notifier chain (system suspend/resume initiated via /sys/power/state, logind, or lid/button events) racing with local HCI device unregistration; there is no over-the-air or network path that reaches hci_suspend_notifier, so the attack must be staged from local system access.\nAC:L - An attacker who can initiate suspend/resume and cause the Bluetooth adapter to unregister (e.g. adding/removing a USB Bluetooth dongle on a shared workstation or kiosk) drives both sides of the race and can retry the suspend/unplug cycle indefinitely until the window is hit.\nPR:L - On typical desktop, laptop and kiosk deployments an unprivileged user in an active local session can request suspend through logind/polkit, and adapter unregistration can be induced without root, so basic local user privileges suffice rather than real root.\nUI:N - The attacker performs both the suspend request and the adapter removal themselves; no action by a separate victim user is needed to reach the racing code paths.\nS:U - The freed hci_dev object and the corrupted memory both live in the kernel's own security authority; exploitation yields kernel-level compromise without crossing a VM, IOMMU or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - Use-after-free of the kzalloc'd hci_dev structure lets an attacker reclaim the slab object and have hci_suspend_sync()/hci_resume_sync() read attacker-influenced or stale kernel data, providing a path to arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The stale hdev is written to (hdev->suspended, suspend_state, scanning_paused) and its function pointers (hdev->send, hdev->wakeup) and workqueue/mutex members are dereferenced after free, giving heap-spray-based arbitrary write and control-flow hijack potential.\nA:H - The reported failure mode is an outright kernel crash during suspend (hci_suspend_sync oops), and any UAF of this kind reliably panics or hangs the system, denying service across a suspend/resume cycle." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/bluetooth/hci_core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "9952d90ea2885d7cbf80cd233f694f09a9c0eaec", "lessThan": "e1fa25a91091bbed691ba2996a6cee809e3309a2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9952d90ea2885d7cbf80cd233f694f09a9c0eaec", "lessThan": "06e2b5ad72b60f90bfe565c201346532e271f484", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9952d90ea2885d7cbf80cd233f694f09a9c0eaec", "lessThan": "f9c8ce5d665653e3cf71a76349d41d7a7f7947e6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9952d90ea2885d7cbf80cd233f694f09a9c0eaec", "lessThan": "573ebae162111063eedc6c838a659ba628f66a0f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/bluetooth/hci_core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.7", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.199", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.55", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.5.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.199" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.55" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fa25a91091bbed691ba2996a6cee809e3309a2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e2b5ad72b60f90bfe565c201346532e271f484" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9c8ce5d665653e3cf71a76349d41d7a7f7947e6" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573ebae162111063eedc6c838a659ba628f66a0f" } ], "title": "Bluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }