A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, a call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job, may cause a race problem leading to a UAF on hdev devices.
CVE-2023-1989
Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-04-11. NVD baseline CVSS 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.0
- EG Score
- 7.0(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 31.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 11, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (12)
- secalert@redhathttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/?id=f132c2d13088
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0004/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/?id=f132c2d13088
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0004/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-1989(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:0724Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:7077Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2023:6583Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oem-22.04c (6.1.0.1009.9) @ jammy | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-cloud-tools-6.2.0-23 (6.2.0-23.23) @ lunar | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-buildinfo-6.2.0-1007-gcp (6.2.0-1007.7) @ lunar | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8 | 2024-07-23 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 | 2024-02-07 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 | 2023-11-14 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | 2023-11-14 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | 2023-11-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-19892023-04-20
A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job may cause a race problem leading to a UAF on hdev devices.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6901MODERATE2023-03-09
RHSA-2023:6901 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4740MODERATE2023-03-09
RHSA-2024:4740 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6033-1LOW
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6175-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6186-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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