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CVE-2026-74535 (GCVE-0-2026-74535)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:48
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: avoid deadlocks in iso_sock_timeout
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: avoid deadlocks in iso_sock_timeout iso_sock_timeout() takes lock_sock, so sync disabling the timer while holding that lock may deadlock. iso_sock_timeout() may also run concurrently with iso_conn_del(), which leads to UAF [Task 1] [Task hdev->workqueue] iso_sock_timeout iso_conn_del iso_conn_hold_unless_zero iso_chan_del `------------> iso_conn_put caller frees hcon iso_conn_put iso_conn_free conn->hcon->iso_data = NULL; /* UAF */ Fix the deadlock by removing the disable from the lock_sock sections. Move the timer from iso_conn to iso_pinfo to decouple it from iso_conn which may need to be freed in lock_sock section. Convert some of the clear_timer to disable_timer.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: a58d0f5dac322e16cc75334d000666512341bde5 , < 16d89a63e08280abeef7218970a3bbd7ca62b021 (git)
Affected: dc26097bdb864a0d5955b9a25e43376ffc1af99b , < 82e982f54f962f72646868ddbb2c3bd9ea178568 (git)
Affected: dc26097bdb864a0d5955b9a25e43376ffc1af99b , < 3c3d5f85db80145636bb991a6005e2760012b985 (git)
Affected: dc26097bdb864a0d5955b9a25e43376ffc1af99b , < 200fa1629c57a3ca2b03d3ca63fd3a9bfd910c43 (git)
Affected: f53e7489273dc2bb307bf50f319b3762d45534f0 (git)
Affected: 6.12.2 , < 6.12.103 (semver)
Affected: 6.11.11 , < 6.12 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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