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FKIE_CVE-2026-80721

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-28 08:16 - Updated: 2026-08-29 07:16

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: ensure no dangling hcon references in iso_conn After iso_conn_del(), ISO sockets should not dereference the hcon any more. Currently, clearing iso_conn::hcon relies on iso_conn_del() releasing the last reference to the iso_conn. Simplify this by explicitly clearing conn->hcon in iso_conn_del(), to avoid more complex reasoning on races about who holds the last reference.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9f7cb2bd3a2be998ceb739fc9a2f986eba43eb
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdce8af9291d8a1f8916c271de029bf558d9e8ec
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e941799c31f68e67ce0976efb38a79101f921b64

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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            "net/bluetooth/iso.c"
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-29T07:16:53.877",
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}

CVE-2026-80721 (GCVE-0-2026-80721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:53 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:22

Title

Bluetooth: ISO: ensure no dangling hcon references in iso_conn

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e941799c31f68e67c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdce8af9291d8a1f8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9f7cb2bd3a2be99…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e941799c31f68e67ce0976efb38a79101f921b64 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < cdce8af9291d8a1f8916c271de029bf558d9e8ec (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < aa9f7cb2bd3a2be998ceb739fc9a2f986eba43eb (git) Affected: 0 , < 6.18.44 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 7.1.8 (semver)
Linux	Linux	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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CVE-2026-80721 (GCVE-0-2026-80721)

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