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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53073" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:14.463Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:14.463Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" 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-2026-53073" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53073.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53073" title: "Bluetooth: hci_ldisc: Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT on error" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_ldisc: Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT on error\n\nWhen hci_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_register_dev()\nHCI_UART_PROTO_INIT is not cleared before calling hu-\u003eproto-\u003eclose(hu)\nand setting hu-\u003ehdev to NULL. This means incoming UART data will reach\nthe protocol-specific recv handler in hci_uart_tty_receive() after\nresources are freed.\n\nClear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT with a write lock before calling\nhu-\u003eproto-\u003eclose() and setting hu-\u003ehdev to NULL. The write lock ensures\nall active readers have completed and no new reader can enter the\nprotocol recv path before resources are freed.\n\nThis allows the protocol-specific recv functions to remove the\n\"HCI_UART_REGISTERED\" guard without risking a null pointer dereference\nif hci_register_dev() fails." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a40f94f7caa8d3421b64f63ac31bc0f24c890f39","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ebb39b2d81731b83ee71a1ba6dd0291a57b5ac07"},{"version":"9e5a0f5777162e503400c70c6ed25fbbe2d38799","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ed4033fb85ccaaf6c3983be3c7b037e48253d232"},{"version":"80f14e9de6a43a0bd8194cad1003a3e6dcbc3984","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"356dee1bcac4d0d9152390561fa63331ebff211b"},{"version":"02e1bcdfdf769974e7e9fa285e295cd9852e2a38","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a673cf6c4ac702cb79ac1f4d7fc4de763a6a3e40"},{"version":"281782d2c6730241e300d630bb9f200d831ede71","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f4b69c35813c432973d340d3600c01de106ed474"},{"version":"5df5dafc171b90d0b8d51547a82657cd5a1986c7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3daa5818e473ed60eb69d8b5c71b651909d28c5a"},{"version":"5df5dafc171b90d0b8d51547a82657cd5a1986c7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"194f029a4d7f739e44ebc1f473120187b4de5104"},{"version":"5df5dafc171b90d0b8d51547a82657cd5a1986c7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"68d39ea5e0adc9ecaea1ce8abd842ec972eb8718"},{"version":"1dcf08fcff5ca529de6dc0395091f28854f4e54a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8e5aff600539e5faea294d9612cca50220e602b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"db7509fa110dd9b11134b75894677f30353b2c51","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.237","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.258"},{"version":"5.15.181","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.209"},{"version":"6.1.135","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.175"},{"version":"6.6.88","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.141"},{"version":"6.12.24","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.91"},{"version":"5.4.293","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"6.13.12","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.14"},{"version":"6.14.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.15"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.15"},{"version":"5.10.258","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.141","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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