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CVE-2026-68393 (GCVE-0-2026-68393)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:04 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:04
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: hci_sync: extend conn_hash lookup critical sections
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: extend conn_hash lookup critical sections Using RCU-protected pointers outside the critical sections without refcount is incorrect and may result to UAF. Extend critical section to cover both hci_conn_hash lookup and use of the returned conn. Add surrounding rcu_read_lock() also when return value is not used, in preparation for RCU lockdep requirement to hci_lookup_le_connect(). This avoids concurrent deletion of the conn before we are done dereferencing it. Also, make sure to hold hdev->lock when accessing hdev->accept_list.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 6d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d , < 83b7e67698d0b93f685875ce82c8d335436834f7 (git)
Affected: 6d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d , < 38326774df6198df0cc2744cc73bf77cb741c538 (git)
Affected: 6d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d , < d5efd6e4b8b0634af6843178fe1a7dd2b2178a3d (git)
Affected: eb8b860e87b296bd1874c79a668081efd00f9754 (git)
Affected: 94bf6380e936339a700c0b3171a49baf512aa70b (git)
Affected: 6.12.28 , < 6.13 (semver)
Affected: 6.14.6 , < 6.15 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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