CVE-2023-53386: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys Similar to commit c5d2b6fa26b5 ("Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in hci_remove_ltk/hci_remove_irk"). We can not access k after kfree_rcu() call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.7, before 5.10.195 (fixed in 5.10.195); from 5.11, before 5.15.132 (fixed in 5.15.132); from 5.16, before 6.1.53 (fixed in 6.1.53); from 6.2, before 6.4.16 (fixed in 6.4.16); from 6.5, before 6.5.3 (fixed in 6.5.3)

Published 2025-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.