CVE-2023-53297

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (13th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

79 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–8.8

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-404USCWE-476US

affected products (79)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell ECS 3.8.1.0-3.8.1.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:ecs:3.8.1.0_-_3.8.1.7
F5 F5OS 1.5.1-1.5.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:f5:f5os:a_1.5.1_-_1.5.4
F5 F5OS 1.8.0-1.8.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:f5:f5os:a_1.8.0_-_1.8.3
F5 F5OS C 1.6.0-1.6.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:f5:f5os:c_1.6.0_-_1.6.4
F5 F5OS C 1.8.0-1.8.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:f5:f5os:c_1.8.0_-_1.8.2
IBM QRadar SIEMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:-
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:unspecified
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Networker≤ vProxy <19.13.0.3cert_bundDE
Dell Networker≤ vProxy <19.14cert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway≤ Appliance <5.32.00.18cert_bundDE
IBM DataPower Gateway< 10.5.0.20cert_bundDE
IBM DataPower Gateway< 10.6.0.8cert_bundDE

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2053Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-09-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder nicht näher beschriebene Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

also known as (16)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-09-16modified 2026-08-04

references (26)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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