CVE-2023-54197 | Revert "Bluetooth: btsdio: fix use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to unfinished work"

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "Bluetooth: btsdio: fix use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to unfinished work" This reverts commit 1e9ac114c4428fdb7ff4635b45d4f46017e8916f. This patch introduces a possible null-ptr-def problem. Revert it. And the fixed bug by this patch have resolved by commit 73f7b171b7c0 ("Bluetooth: btsdio: fix use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition").

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54197 is rated Low Risk (19.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-54197

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-09 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2026-05-28 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2026-05-01 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-54197

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-54197

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-54197

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-54197 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54197
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54197
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54197/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-54197 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, not-affected 139, released 83. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-54197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2023-54197

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