Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. In hci_uart_tty_ioctl, there is a race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO. HCI_UART_PROTO_SET is set before hu->proto is set. A NULL pointer dereference may occur.
Published: 2023-04-24
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3912-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4008-1 linux-6.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5782-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6439-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6439-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6440-3 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6462-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6462-2 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6464-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6465-3 Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6466-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6516-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6520-1 Linux kernel (StarFive) vulnerabilities

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:48:24.068Z

Reserved: 2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-31083

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-24T06:15:07.890

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:17.800

Link: CVE-2023-31083

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-31083 - Bugzilla

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