CVE-2026-74510 (GCVE-0-2026-74510)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:47
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Title
Bluetooth: mgmt: fix UAF in pair command cancellation
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: mgmt: fix UAF in pair command cancellation The pairing completion and authentication failure callbacks look up the pending MGMT_OP_PAIR_DEVICE command by walking hdev->mgmt_pending. The lookup returned a command that was still linked on the shared pending list, without keeping mgmt_pending_lock held for the later dereference and removal. A concurrent MGMT_OP_CANCEL_PAIR_DEVICE request can remove and free the same pending command before the callback uses it. The reverse race is also possible when cancel_pair_device() gets a command from pending_find() and a callback removes it before the cancel path dereferences it. This can lead to a use-after-free and a second list_del(). Make the pairing lookup helpers transfer ownership of the pending command by removing it from hdev->mgmt_pending while holding mgmt_pending_lock. The callbacks and cancel path then complete the command and free it directly, so racing paths cannot find or free the same command again. Take a temporary hci_conn reference in cancel_pair_device() because the command completion drops the reference stored in the pending command.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < 50af4280a587c9971b5388cbc438f1324e626b7b (git)
Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < 86ed4dd6548ccf277bc691bc912ca06e76b9d80c (git)
Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < 7c2a152a897cd1c184b2051484d4f74d803e7f4a (git)
Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < c569def320aa8b1fde89227e2ea96606790fd86d (git)
Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < 51be7280980fddc90ebe874a69c2fe8ab02bb46a (git)
Affected: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 , < d0a7b48ad0921bd88effaee10bf970ab1d5d0ddd (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.39
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.39 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (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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