{"id":"CVE-2023-53017","summary":"Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv_data()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv_data()\n\nWhen hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is\nnot freed, which will cause memory leak, convert to use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR\nto pass the instance to callback so no memory needs to be allocated.","modified":"2026-03-20T12:32:55.184282Z","published":"2025-03-27T16:43:45.211Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53017.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed8b37cbaf14574c779064ef1372af62e8ba6aa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac6043bd3e5b58d30f50737aedc2e58e8087ad5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53017.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53017"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"651cd3d65b0f76a2198fcf3a80ce5d53dd267717"},{"fixed":"8ac6043bd3e5b58d30f50737aedc2e58e8087ad5"},{"fixed":"1ed8b37cbaf14574c779064ef1372af62e8ba6aa"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53017.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}