CVE-2023-1989

Kernel: use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Apr 11, 2023
Updated: Oct 1, 2026
Reserved: Apr 11, 2023

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. A call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job may cause a race problem which leads to a UAF on hdev devices.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.0 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux	2.6.24 to before 4.14.326Affected 4.15 to before 4.19.295Affected 4.20 to before 5.4.257Affected 5.5 to before 5.10.195Affected 5.11 to before 5.15.131Affected 5.16 to before 6.1.52Affected 6.2 to before 6.3Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat	0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat	0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRed Hat	0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat	0:4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat	0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat	0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat	0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

References

RHSA-2023:6583vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:6901vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:7077vendor-advisory
RHSA-2024:0724vendor-advisory
RHSA-2024:4740vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1989vdb-entry
RHBZ#2185945issue-tracking
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/?id=f132c2d13088
[debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
[debian-lts-announce] 20230503 [SECURITY] [DLA 3403-1] linux security updatemailing-list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0004/
DSA-5492vendor-advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20240111 [SECURITY] [DLA 3710-1] linux security updatemailing-list

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