CVE-2023-53297

CVE-2023-53297

High · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp

conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid,

if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance'

is triggered.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00222 · 12.1th percentile
Published
2025-09-16T12:15Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 4.14.3164.14.316
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.2844.19.284
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2445.4.244
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1815.10.181
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1135.15.113
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.306.1.30
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.3.46.3.4
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 08:11Z
    Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
    cvelistv5