CVE-2026-53073

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth Host Controller Interface HCI Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UART driver. When the hciregisterdev function fails, a flag indicating protocol initialization is not properly cleared. This oversight allows incoming UART data to be process...

CVE-2026-53073

CVE-2026-53073 affects Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI UART handling. The issue occurs when hci_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_register_dev() and HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT is not cleared before hu->proto->close() and hu->hdev = NULL, potentially allowing protocol recv path to access freed resourc...