Use After Free Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.178.1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BPFTOOL-14531854
  • published19 Dec 2025
  • disclosed16 Sept 2025

Introduced: 16 Sep 2025

CVE-2023-53305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bpftool to version 0:4.18.0-193.178.1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:23445.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free

Fix potential use-after-free in l2cap_le_command_rej.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1