CVE-2023-53145
kernel: Bluetooth: btsdio: fix use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 10, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btsdio: fix use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition
In btsdio_probe, the data->work is bound with btsdio_work. It will be started in btsdio_send_frame.
If the btsdio_remove runs with a unfinished work, there may be a race condition that hdev is freed but used in btsdio_work. Fix it by canceling the work before do cleanup in btsdio_remove.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-364 · Signal Handler Race Condition