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CVE-2026-53251 (GCVE-0-2026-53251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-06-25 08:39
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: Fix not releasing hdev reference on iso_conn_big_sync
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: Fix not releasing hdev reference on iso_conn_big_sync hci_get_route() returns a reference-counted hci_dev pointer via hci_dev_hold(). The function exits normally or with an error without ever releasing it.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1360e5b6ce63d63d23223a659ca2bbafa30a53aa , < 4bbec25f47b930101294fd310c627c3f53e9661f (git)
Affected: 07a9342b94a91b306ed1cf6aa8254aea210764c9 , < 33d677d2e3713d98012c3dbd4a9207f7d785b854 (git)
Affected: 07a9342b94a91b306ed1cf6aa8254aea210764c9 , < 23e8eb16820b866528fb300dc67fe3f67f00ef62 (git)
Affected: 07a9342b94a91b306ed1cf6aa8254aea210764c9 , < 5cbf290b79351971f20c7a533247e8d58a3f970c (git)
Affected: bfec1e55314896bf4a4cfdb3a9ad4872be9f06ed (git)
Affected: 6.12.2 , < 6.12.94 (semver)
Affected: 6.11.11 , < 6.12 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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