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CVE-2026-99014

Linux: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix command skb lifetime during scan setup

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8Also 7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922, 762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236d and 3 moreCVE List
Published23 Oct 2026Updated 23 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8LinuxCVE List
  • 7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922LinuxCVE List
  • 762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236dLinuxCVE List
  • 9af12272061d206af8bc3e40215cb694421ab73aLinuxCVE List
  • 6.6.160LinuxCVE List
  • 6.9LinuxCVE List

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Description

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

Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix command skb lifetime during scan setup

During PA sync scan setup, hci_le_set_ext_scan_param_sync() gets the address used for the PA_LINK lookup from hci_sent_cmd_data(). The returned pointer borrows storage from sent_cmd or req_skb, without holding a reference to either skb.

The scan worker runs on req_workqueue while hci_cmd_work() runs on the separate device workqueue. After the scan worker loads sent_cmd, the command worker can free and replace it before hci_sent_cmd_data() dereferences the skb. The command payload can also be freed between returning from the helper and comparing the address. The connection lookup's RCU critical section does not protect the command skb.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_sent_cmd_data+0x27c/0x2f0 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: hci_sent_cmd_data+0x27c/0x2f0 hci_le_set_scan_param_sync+0x43a/0x850 hci_passive_scan_sync+0xb09/0x1460 hci_update_passive_scan_sync+0x47c/0x6e0 hci_le_pa_create_sync+0x200/0xa70 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x13c/0x290

Allocated by task 95: skb_clone+0x13f/0x340 hci_cmd_work+0x2a9/0x7e0

Freed by task 95: kmem_cache_free+0xba/0x3a0 hci_cmd_work+0x29c/0x7e0

Use hdev->lock to serialize the address snapshot with sent_cmd replacement. Protect req_skb replacement and completion cleanup with the same lock because the helper falls back to that skb. Copy the address before releasing the lock and use the copy for the existing RCU-protected connection lookup. Release the mutex before sending or waiting for commands, preserving the lookup and completion ordering.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 15

  • Linuxaffected: de3c85d321bfb85b7742a6cfab95d680da3e26b1 before f01cbddfb4273fcc9a786d13b0a2525029023605CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 before 119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 before 7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 before 762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 before 9af12272061d206af8bc3e40215cb694421ab73aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7a54f8314584f78fb0557153b1059924249ef628CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.6.28 before 6.6.160CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.8.7 before 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.114 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.57 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.11 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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