{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-53520", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-10-01T11:39:39.407Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-01T11:46:07.355Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T11:46:07.355Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T11:46:07.355Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash\n\nIf hci_unregister_dev() frees the hci_dev object but hci_suspend_notifier\nmay still be accessing it, it can cause the program to crash.\nHere's the call trace:\n <4>[102152.653246] Call Trace:\n <4>[102152.653254] hci_suspend_sync+0x109/0x301 [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653259] hci_suspend_dev+0x78/0xcd [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653263] hci_suspend_notifier+0x42/0x7a [bluetooth]\n <4>[102152.653268] notifier_call_chain+0x43/0x6b\n <4>[102152.653271] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x69\n <4>[102152.653273] __pm_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x39\n <4>[102152.653276] pm_suspend+0x287/0x57c\n <4>[102152.653278] state_store+0xae/0xe5\n <4>[102152.653281] kernfs_fop_write+0x109/0x173\n <4>[102152.653284] __vfs_write+0x16f/0x1a2\n <4>[102152.653287] ? selinux_file_permission+0xca/0x16f\n <4>[102152.653289] ? security_file_permission+0x36/0x109\n <4>[102152.653291] vfs_write+0x114/0x21d\n <4>[102152.653293] __x64_sys_write+0x7b/0xdb\n <4>[102152.653296] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x194\n <4>[102152.653299] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5c/0xc1\n\nThis patch holds the reference count of the hci_dev object while\nprocessing it in hci_suspend_notifier to avoid potential crash\ncaused by the race condition."}], "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"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "06e2b5ad72b60f90bfe565c201346532e271f484", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f9c8ce5d665653e3cf71a76349d41d7a7f7947e6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "573ebae162111063eedc6c838a659ba628f66a0f", "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"], "versions": [{"version": "6.1.55", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.5.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.55"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e2b5ad72b60f90bfe565c201346532e271f484"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9c8ce5d665653e3cf71a76349d41d7a7f7947e6"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573ebae162111063eedc6c838a659ba628f66a0f"}], "title": "Bluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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