{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2025-09-16T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix \"bad unlock balance\" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp",
    "id" : "2395681",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395681"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.0",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-832",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nBluetooth: L2CAP: fix \"bad unlock balance\" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp\nconn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid,\nif l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance'\nis triggered." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support",
    "release_date" : "2025-12-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:23960",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras_rt_els:7",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.rt56.1296.el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support",
    "release_date" : "2025-12-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:23947",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7",
    "package" : "kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2025-10-27T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:19103",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.81.1.rt7.422.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2025-10-27T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:19102",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.81.1.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2025-12-17T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:23445",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-193.178.1.el8_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2025-12-17T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:23463",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-305.182.1.el8_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On",
    "release_date" : "2025-12-17T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:23463",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-305.182.1.el8_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22006",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-372.170.1.el8_6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22006",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6",
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  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22006",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-372.170.1.el8_6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22072",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-477.120.1.el8_8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22072",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-477.120.1.el8_8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2394",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2394",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22066",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0",
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  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22087",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.155.1.rt21.227.el9_0"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22095",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.148.1.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-25T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:22124",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.148.1.rt14.433.el9_2"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53297\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53297\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091627-CVE-2023-53297-8746@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-53297",
  "csaw" : false
}