CVE-2023-52518

2024-03-0222:15:47

Linux

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cve-2023-52518

linux kernel

bluetooth

hci_codec

memory leak

security vulnerability

AI Score

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

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

Bluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs

The following memory leak can be observed when the controller supports
codecs which are stored in local_codecs list but the elements are never
freed:

unreferenced object 0xffff88800221d840 (size 32):
comm “kworker/u3:0”, pid 36, jiffies 4294898739 (age 127.060s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
f8 d3 02 03 80 88 ff ff 80 d8 21 02 80 88 ff ff …!..
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
backtrace:
[<ffffffffb324f557>] __kmalloc+0x47/0x120
[<ffffffffb39ef37d>] hci_codec_list_add.isra.0+0x2d/0x160
[<ffffffffb39ef643>] hci_read_codec_capabilities+0x183/0x270
[<ffffffffb39ef9ab>] hci_read_supported_codecs+0x1bb/0x2d0
[<ffffffffb39f162e>] hci_read_local_codecs_sync+0x3e/0x60
[<ffffffffb39ff1b3>] hci_dev_open_sync+0x943/0x11e0
[<ffffffffb396d55d>] hci_power_on+0x10d/0x3f0
[<ffffffffb30c99b4>] process_one_work+0x404/0x800
[<ffffffffb30ca134>] worker_thread+0x374/0x670
[<ffffffffb30d9108>] kthread+0x188/0x1c0
[<ffffffffb304db6b>] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x50
[<ffffffffb300206a>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16–6.1.57

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.5.7

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.6.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/bluetooth/hci_core.c",
      "net/bluetooth/hci_event.c",
      "net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "8961987f3f5f",
        "lessThan": "626535077ba9",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8961987f3f5f",
        "lessThan": "eea5a8f0c3b7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8961987f3f5f",
        "lessThan": "b938790e7054",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/bluetooth/hci_core.c",
      "net/bluetooth/hci_event.c",
      "net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.16",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.57",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.5.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]