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CVE-2026-74538 (GCVE-0-2026-74538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:48
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: lock sk in iso_connect_ind
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: lock sk in iso_connect_ind Accessing iso_pi(sk)->conn requires lock_sock, which is not taken in the "ev3" part of iso_connect_ind. It may also be NULL if socket has transitioned away from the LISTEN/CONNECT states before locking. Fix by adding lock/release. Recheck hcon is valid after lock acquire where needed.
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: 168d9bf9c7f01df71e6404cfff66d9c2a8e968fb , < e8e9cff6d80eeec28dec4cf7cc18662986945391 (git)
Affected: 168d9bf9c7f01df71e6404cfff66d9c2a8e968fb , < 9bee7e476534f27e830658dad962d85da9edf6bf (git)
Affected: 168d9bf9c7f01df71e6404cfff66d9c2a8e968fb , < 4311fd6f429065a8ba208660360a895627a00cf3 (git)
Affected: 489efc9ae36f164423f5fa7ace772a7ab8131cd8 (git)
Affected: 6.8.9 , < 6.9 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (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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