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GHSA-R93R-QRFP-H69J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-14 00:31

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

Bluetooth: mgmt: hold reference for hci_conn in mgmt_pending_cmds

Dereferencing RCU-protected pointers outside critical sections is invalid and may lead to UAF. Use of hci_conn in hci_sync callbacks also needs to hold refcount to avoid UAF.

Take appropriate locks for hci_conn lookups, and take refcount for hci_conn pointers stored in mgmt_pending_cmd so that the pointer stays valid.

When accessing conn->state, ensure hdev->lock is held to avoid data race.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-68391 (GCVE-0-2026-68391)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:04 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:04

Title

Bluetooth: mgmt: hold reference for hci_conn in mgmt_pending_cmds

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: mgmt: hold reference for hci_conn in mgmt_pending_cmds Dereferencing RCU-protected pointers outside critical sections is invalid and may lead to UAF. Use of hci_conn in hci_sync callbacks also needs to hold refcount to avoid UAF. Take appropriate locks for hci_conn lookups, and take refcount for hci_conn pointers stored in mgmt_pending_cmd so that the pointer stays valid. When accessing conn->state, ensure hdev->lock is held to avoid data race.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b56f2ecafc08f372b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f915e74b6f18293d1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5b3b484b62bb0f45…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecdcb55ea1c01dda0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da55f570191d5d72f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 7b445e220db9a2c58be5d09bbbd322abf1b1452a , < b56f2ecafc08f372bf0529f9c4f3f429cb1702dc (git) Affected: 7b445e220db9a2c58be5d09bbbd322abf1b1452a , < f915e74b6f18293d1d69a2a3305ef321ff7c0172 (git) Affected: 7b445e220db9a2c58be5d09bbbd322abf1b1452a , < d5b3b484b62bb0f4542e7622789d28871626cdf0 (git) Affected: 7b445e220db9a2c58be5d09bbbd322abf1b1452a , < ecdcb55ea1c01dda074406f38058785a69526734 (git) Affected: 7b445e220db9a2c58be5d09bbbd322abf1b1452a , < da55f570191d5d72f10c607a7043b947eb05ea46 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.0 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (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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