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CVE-2023-52518
published 2024-03-02

CVE-2023-52518: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs The following memory leak can be…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.24%
14.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs The following memory leak can be observed when the controller supports codecs which are stored in local_codecs list but the elements are never freed: unreferenced object 0xffff88800221d840 (size 32): comm "kworker/u3:0", pid 36, jiffies 4294898739 (age 127.060s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): f8 d3 02 03 80 88 ff ff 80 d8 21 02 80 88 ff ff ..........!..... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] __kmalloc+0x47/0x120 [] hci_codec_list_add.isra.0+0x2d/0x160 [] hci_read_codec_capabilities+0x183/0x270 [] hci_read_supported_codecs+0x1bb/0x2d0 [] hci_read_local_codecs_sync+0x3e/0x60 [] hci_dev_open_sync+0x943/0x11e0 [] hci_power_on+0x10d/0x3f0 [] process_one_work+0x404/0x800 [] worker_thread+0x374/0x670 [] kthread+0x188/0x1c0 [] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x50 [] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 < 626535077ba9dc110787540d1fe24881094c15a1626535077ba9dc110787540d1fe24881094c15a1
linuxlinux>= 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 < eea5a8f0c3b7c884d2351e75fbdd0a3d7def5ae1eea5a8f0c3b7c884d2351e75fbdd0a3d7def5ae1
linuxlinux>= 8961987f3f5fa2f2618e72304d013c8dd5e604a6 < b938790e70540bf4f2e653dcd74b232494d06c8fb938790e70540bf4f2e653dcd74b232494d06c8f
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.8-16.5.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.8-16.5.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.576.1.57
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.5.76.5.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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