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Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys Similar to commit c5d2b6fa26b5 ("Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in hci_remove_ltk/hci_remove_irk"). We can not access k after kfree_rcu() call.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.195, 5.15.132, 6.1.53, 6.4.16, 6.5.3
CVEs
CVE-2023-53386
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Sept 2025, 13:33 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys Similar to commit c5d2b6fa26b5 ("Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in hci_remove_ltk/hci_remove_irk"). We can not access k after kfree_rcu() call.

osv:CVE-2023-53386

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.195, 5.15.132, 6.1.53, 6.4.16, 6.5.3

Complete source record
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