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CVE-2026-98738

Linux: Bluetooth: Serialize SMP remote OOB data access

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 in94afa17d6bfd5c1d367c56c8b63df5f695380861Also 1e11412a1b9854a89d044576d616675b16141d87, 889c61e3d0f1091a958e4b2a24b20bab23d915c4 and 1 moreCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 94afa17d6bfd5c1d367c56c8b63df5f695380861LinuxCVE List
  • 1e11412a1b9854a89d044576d616675b16141d87LinuxCVE List
  • 889c61e3d0f1091a958e4b2a24b20bab23d915c4LinuxCVE List
  • 81a2345f1984f0b36d3226571bc196316a01b648LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

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

Bluetooth: Serialize SMP remote OOB data access

build_pairing_cmd() looks up remote OOB data and copies its contents without holding hdev->lock, which serializes the list's writers. After SMP finds an entry, a concurrent management Remove Remote OOB Data command can unlink and free it before SMP reads its present flag or copies its random and confirmation values. Removal can also invalidate an entry while the lookup is still traversing the list.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in build_pairing_cmd+0x948/0x9b0 Call Trace: build_pairing_cmd+0x948/0x9b0 smp_recv_cb+0x459f/0x8110 l2cap_recv_frame+0xf14/0x9190 l2cap_recv_acldata+0xa64/0xd40 hci_rx_work+0x4ca/0x730

Allocated by task 87: hci_add_remote_oob_data+0x11d/0x530 add_remote_oob_data+0x282/0x400 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x1033/0x1ea0

Freed by task 93: hci_remote_oob_data_clear+0x108/0x1c0 remove_remote_oob_data+0x198/0x220 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x1033/0x1ea0

Taking hdev->lock in build_pairing_cmd() would recurse for callers that already hold it and invert the device-to-L2CAP lock order on the receive path. Add a per-device remote_oob_lock instead, held across the SMP lookup and copies and by the add, remove and clear helpers. Cover initialization and in-place updates as well, so SMP cannot read partially initialized or updated OOB values. Release the mutex on allocation failure, preserving the existing error return.

The new critical sections acquire no device, connection or channel locks. Writers retain their existing hdev->lock protection, which continues to serialize the other readers without changing their locking or behavior.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: 02b05bd8b0a632e9a26795bced8f19ca6a5f7079 before 94afa17d6bfd5c1d367c56c8b63df5f695380861CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 02b05bd8b0a632e9a26795bced8f19ca6a5f7079 before 1e11412a1b9854a89d044576d616675b16141d87CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 02b05bd8b0a632e9a26795bced8f19ca6a5f7079 before 889c61e3d0f1091a958e4b2a24b20bab23d915c4CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 02b05bd8b0a632e9a26795bced8f19ca6a5f7079 before df5162eeb10e69fe0c2349503882c4a09077f001CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 02b05bd8b0a632e9a26795bced8f19ca6a5f7079 before 81a2345f1984f0b36d3226571bc196316a01b648CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3.19CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 3.19CVE 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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