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CVE-2023-53017
Linux Bluetooth HCI Memory Leak Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv_data() When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is not freed, which will cause memory leak, convert to use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR to pass the instance to callback so no memory needs to be allocated.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 28, 2025, 6:11 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

Exploitability Score :

Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed8b37cbaf14574c779064ef1372af62e8ba6aa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac6043bd3e5b58d30f50737aedc2e58e8087ad5

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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Mar. 27, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv_data() When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is not freed, which will cause memory leak, convert to use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR to pass the instance to callback so no memory needs to be allocated.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed8b37cbaf14574c779064ef1372af62e8ba6aa
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac6043bd3e5b58d30f50737aedc2e58e8087ad5
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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