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CVE-2026-98736

Linux: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Lock parent access during enhanced SCO setup

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 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in70b55855eecb428d446344d827bda8725ce8b312Also 1239ef0fa809b5952fca679db3faa3e1c00e1dac, 93a737e4e042f59673cd580d35214f278d7b757d and 1 moreCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 70b55855eecb428d446344d827bda8725ce8b312LinuxCVE List
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Description

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

Bluetooth: hci_conn: Lock parent access during enhanced SCO setup

Bluetooth: hci_conn: Lock parent access during enhanced SCO setup

hci_enhanced_setup_sync() runs on the request workqueue without the hci_dev_lock held by its caller when setup was queued. Its CVSD capability check and find_next_esco_param() dereference conn->parent while the receive workqueue can unlink and release that parent.

The following interleaving can cause a use-after-free:

hci_enhanced_setup_sync() hci_disconn_complete_evt() load conn->parent hci_dev_lock() hci_conn_del(ACL parent) unlink SCO child drop link's parent reference clear child->parent release ACL parent bt_link_release() kfree(parent) hci_dev_unlock() read parent->features[0][3]

The reference held for the queued SCO child does not keep its ACL parent alive after unlinking. Commit 42de40abe25d ("Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime") protects the child stored in the queued context, but leaves these parent accesses unprotected.

With a 40 ms diagnostic delay after loading conn->parent, an instrumented kernel based on fd179f8a05be, which already contains 42de40abe25d,

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0xda5/0xdf0 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888102204047 by task kworker/u17:0/93 Call Trace: hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0xda5/0xdf0 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x13c/0x290 process_one_work+0x6b4/0x10e0

Allocated by task 92: __hci_conn_add+0x304/0x1df0 hci_connect_acl+0x349/0x3e0 hci_connect_sco+0x3b/0x9a0 sco_sock_connect+0x475/0xca0

Freed by task 94: kfree+0x121/0x3c0 bt_link_release+0x79/0xa0 device_release+0xc8/0x240 kobject_put+0x14d/0x280 hci_conn_del+0x524/0xe30 hci_disconn_complete_evt+0x403/0x8c0 hci_event_packet+0x71b/0xb20 hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730

The accessed address is 71 bytes into the freed ACL parent, at its features[0][3] byte; the queued SCO child is a different object. The diagnostic preserves the loaded parent across the delay, matching the unmodified compiled capability check, and does not change the parent references or teardown path.

Hold hci_dev_lock() across the codec switch, including every call to find_next_esco_param(), and release it on all selection errors. Keep configure_datapath_sync() outside the critical section because it waits for HCI events. Preserve parameter selection and existing return values.

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Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: e07a06b4eb417f5271d33ce2240e93c62d98b7b4 before 70b55855eecb428d446344d827bda8725ce8b312CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: e07a06b4eb417f5271d33ce2240e93c62d98b7b4 before 1239ef0fa809b5952fca679db3faa3e1c00e1dacCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: e07a06b4eb417f5271d33ce2240e93c62d98b7b4 before cabd58d9bb66d49d481f762ce986173db397435dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: e07a06b4eb417f5271d33ce2240e93c62d98b7b4 before 93a737e4e042f59673cd580d35214f278d7b757dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: e07a06b4eb417f5271d33ce2240e93c62d98b7b4 before 024e05f73a4c1263d031614bc36700ec135eecb4CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.113 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.56 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.10 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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