CVE-2026-53357: Bluetooth: fix UAF in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() vs l2cap_conn_del()
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability involves a use after free issue in Bluetooth handling.
- Who is affected
- Users of affected Bluetooth implementations may be at risk.
- Urgency
- Remediation is necessary due to medium severity, though exploitation status is currently unknown.
- Action
- Apply relevant patches or updates to affected Bluetooth implementations.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53357
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-533570.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-53357 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- medium[NEW] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund
- unknownUSN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8593-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8569-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8568-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8566-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownCVE-2026-53357: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix UAF in l2ca…nvd
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