CVE-2023-53297
High
Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid, if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance' is triggered.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
September 16, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
795 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53297
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid, if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance' is triggered.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/116b9c002c894097adc2b8684db2d1da4229ed46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2112c4c47d36bc5aba3ddeb9afedce6ae6a67e7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25e97f7b1866e6b8503be349eeea44bb52d661ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5134556c9be582793f30695c09d18a26fe1ff2d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55410a9144c76ecda126e6cdec556dfcd8f343b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f352a56f0e607e6ff539cbf12156bfd8af232be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a27762340ad08643de3bc17fe1646ea489ca2e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd269a0435f8e9943b7a57c5a59688848d42d449
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53297.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53297