CVE-2023-40283

high

Description

An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is a use-after-free because the children of an sk are mishandled.

References

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https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231020-0007/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175072/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0098-1.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1728137b33c00d5a2b5110ed7aafb42e7c32e4a1

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1728137b33c00d5a2b5110ed7aafb42e7c32e4a1

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.10

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-14

Updated: 2025-05-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00063

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