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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-53046"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-05-02T15:55:03.270Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T09:12:31.608Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53046"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53046.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53046"
title: "Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_cmd_sync_clear\n\nThere is a potential race condition in hci_cmd_sync_work and\nhci_cmd_sync_clear, and could lead to use-after-free. For instance,\nhci_cmd_sync_work is added to the 'req_workqueue' after cancel_work_sync\nThe entry of 'cmd_sync_work_list' may be freed in hci_cmd_sync_clear, and\ncausing kernel panic when it is used in 'hci_cmd_sync_work'.\n\nHere's the call trace:\n\ndump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63\nprint_report.cold+0x5e/0x5d3\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nkasan_report+0xaa/0x120\n? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\n__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20\nhci_cmd_sync_work+0x282/0x320\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\n? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x8e/0xf0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\n? poll_idle+0x1e0/0x1e0\nkthread+0x285/0x320\n? process_one_work+0x11c0/0x11c0\n? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 266:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\n__kasan_kmalloc+0xae/0xe0\nkmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x191/0x350\nhci_cmd_sync_queue+0x97/0x2b0\nhci_update_passive_scan+0x176/0x1d0\nle_conn_complete_evt+0x1b5/0x1a00\nhci_le_conn_complete_evt+0x234/0x340\nhci_le_meta_evt+0x231/0x4e0\nhci_event_packet+0x4c5/0xf00\nhci_rx_work+0x37d/0x880\nprocess_one_work+0x77b/0x11c0\nworker_thread+0x544/0x1180\nkthread+0x285/0x320\nret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFreed by task 269:\nkasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50\nkasan_set_track+0x25/0x40\nkasan_set_free_info+0x24/0x40\n____kasan_slab_free+0x176/0x1c0\n__kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20\nslab_free_freelist_hook+0x95/0x1a0\nkfree+0xba/0x2f0\nhci_cmd_sync_clear+0x14c/0x210\nhci_unregister_dev+0xff/0x440\nvhci_release+0x7b/0xf0\n__fput+0x1f3/0x970\n____fput+0xe/0x20\ntask_work_run+0xd4/0x160\ndo_exit+0x8b0/0x22a0\ndo_group_exit+0xba/0x2a0\nget_signal+0x1e4a/0x25b0\narch_do_signal_or_restart+0x93/0x1f80\nexit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf5/0x1a0\nsyscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x50\nret_from_fork+0x15/0x30"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"608901a77c945ac15dea23f6098c9882ef19d9f0"},{"version":"6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be586211a3ab40a4f4ca60450e0d31606afc55ec"},{"version":"6a98e3836fa2077b169f10a35c2ca9952d53f987","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1c66bee492a5fe00ae3fe890bb693bfc99f994c6"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.17"},{"version":"6.1.22","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*"},{"version":"6.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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