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CVE-2026-74541 (GCVE-0-2026-74541)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:48
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: clear iso_data always when detaching conn from hcon
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: clear iso_data always when detaching conn from hcon When setting conn->hcon = NULL, also conn->hcon->iso_data = NULL is necessary, otherwise later iso_conn_free() will UAF. Fix clearing of iso_data in iso_sock_disconn() Fixes KASAN: slab-use-after-free in iso_conn_hold_unless_zero on iso_sock_release() followed by hci_abort_conn_sync().
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: fbdc4bc47268953c80853489f696e02d61f9a2c6 , < cc1d39946d62bc568551dfb81149724de1e91338 (git)
Affected: fbdc4bc47268953c80853489f696e02d61f9a2c6 , < 7b51a9c25e9698b64df9f2218f10eecf7dc7e2d0 (git)
Affected: fbdc4bc47268953c80853489f696e02d61f9a2c6 , < 63c0f396a18b767eb28e895eb95bbdce6c172c59 (git)
Affected: fbdc4bc47268953c80853489f696e02d61f9a2c6 , < 69a4a7b162b3db6ac337e3094cdee38f24d42ff7 (git)
Affected: fbdc4bc47268953c80853489f696e02d61f9a2c6 , < d57e506f6a1e3929611340fae87c1e4823f4d85c (git)
Affected: c03a10bd5b6ccb22921e04bcddc987410df7e7a9 (git)
Affected: 6.5.12 , < 6.6 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.6 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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