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CVE-2026-93209

Linux: Bluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in0337fb092873a4146aa854acb554675b49c8f6b5Also 26f66d5b8a5663af498f7ccc94fc79fb47a2191f, 6.1.118 and 3 moreCVE List
Published24 Sep 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

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Description

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

Bluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb

BT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110). The kernel log shows the HCI Read Local Version command was sent and the firmware replied with status 0x00 (logged by hci_req_cmd_complete() BT_DBG), but the waiter in __hci_cmd_sync_sk() never woke up and timed out after 10 s:

bluetooth hci0: Opcode 0xfc00 // __hci_cmd_sync_sk bluetooth hci0: opcode 0xfc00 plen 1 // hci_cmd_sync_add bluetooth hci0: skb len 4 // hci_cmd_sync_alloc bluetooth hci0: length 1 // hci_req_sync_run Bluetooth: hci0 cmd_cnt 1 cmd queued 1 // hci_cmd_work Bluetooth: hci0 type 1 len 4 // hci_send_frame Bluetooth: opcode 0xfc00 status 0x00 // hci_req_cmd_complete <-- req_skb NULL: req_complete_skb not set, hci_cmd_sync_complete() never called, req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND --> <-- 10 s later: wait_event_interruptible_timeout expires --> bluetooth hci0: end: err -110 // __hci_cmd_sync_sk

The root cause is that hci_send_cmd_sync() clones the sent command into hdev->req_skb so that hci_req_cmd_complete() can locate the registered completion callback. Under memory pressure this skb_clone() fails, leaving hdev->req_skb NULL. The firmware reply is received and processed, but hci_req_cmd_complete() finds NULL req_skb, so hci_cmd_sync_complete() is never called, req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND, and the waiter times out with -ETIMEDOUT.

req_skb is only used to read bt_cb(skb)->hci callbacks and opcode -- it is never modified. Replace skb_clone() with skb_get(), which simply increments the reference count of hdev->sent_cmd without allocating new memory and therefore cannot fail.

This issue was first observed as a use-after-free in ttyport_close() when ttyport_open() failed, which was investigated in an earlier patch series [1]. That investigation led to the discovery of the true root cause described above.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430111617.1151390-1-quic_cxin@quicinc.com/

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 20

  • Linuxaffected: da77c1d39bc527b31890bfa0405763c82828defb before 0337fb092873a4146aa854acb554675b49c8f6b5CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2af7aa6685e22d0dc546b0d27e5f16d3afe211fa before d5eef0747071934a1c080ee617fa4fd3566394c5CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a before d7723320db4c9cb9ec2b9a36140e6c641dd77814CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a before d0b28e9655f4b3195210627577f81883dc1d0162CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a before 26f66d5b8a5663af498f7ccc94fc79fb47a2191fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a before f5afdff569a09d1cb8cf19826199d024725576cbCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 4ff121be63b761950610f422437aaaef8e075c40CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 18a4c59af609994552c8b39c5438304e070e55c7CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.1.83 before 6.1.118CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.6.23 before 6.6.157CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.7.11 before 6.8CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.8.2 before 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.1.118 through 6.1.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.157 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.109 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.50 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.4 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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