CVE-2023-53018
Moderate
Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leaks
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
March 27, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53018
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa21311f36d8a2730c7ccef37235e951f23927b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51a825b9f730a782aa768454906b4468e67b667
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53018.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53018