CVE-2023-40283 — An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock
An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is a use-after-free because the children of an sk are mishandled.
Published
2023-08-14T03:15:09.257
Last modified
2026-10-15T00:16:36.733
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is a use-after-free because the children of an sk are mishandled.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2023-08-14T03:15:09.257
- Last modified: 2026-10-15T00:16:36.733
09References
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175072/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LS…
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LS…
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.10
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1728137b33c00d5a2b5110ed7aafb42e7c32e4a…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231020-0007/
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
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