MediumFix available
Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leaks
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leaks When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_le_terminate_big() or hci_le_big_terminate(), the memory pointed by variable d is not freed, which will cause memory leak. Add release process to error path.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.9
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53018
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 02:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leaks When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_le_terminate_big() or hci_le_big_terminate(), the memory pointed by variable d is not freed, which will cause memory leak. Add release process to error path.
osv:CVE-2023-53018
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.9
Complete source record
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