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GHSA-J8G4-37FG-MJM8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-12-12 21:31

Details

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

Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early

Move the creation of debugfs files into a dedicated function, and ensure they are explicitly removed during vhci_release(), before associated data structures are freed.

Previously, debugfs files such as "force_suspend", "force_wakeup", and others were created under hdev->debugfs but not removed in vhci_release(). Since vhci_release() frees the backing vhci_data structure, any access to these files after release would result in use-after-free errors.

Although hdev->debugfs is later freed in hci_release_dev(), user can access files after vhci_data is freed but before hdev->debugfs is released.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2025-39861 (GCVE-0-2025-39861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-19 15:26 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:37

Title

Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early Move the creation of debugfs files into a dedicated function, and ensure they are explicitly removed during vhci_release(), before associated data structures are freed. Previously, debugfs files such as "force_suspend", "force_wakeup", and others were created under hdev->debugfs but not removed in vhci_release(). Since vhci_release() frees the backing vhci_data structure, any access to these files after release would result in use-after-free errors. Although hdev->debugfs is later freed in hci_release_dev(), user can access files after vhci_data is freed but before hdev->debugfs is released.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-14 19:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7061 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd75eba88e88d7b89…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1503756fffe76d5ae…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cc08f2f127b9a66f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28010791193a4503f…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce , < bd75eba88e88d7b896b0c737b02a74a12afc235f (git) Affected: ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce , < 1503756fffe76d5aea2371a4b8dee20c3577bcfd (git) Affected: ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce , < 7cc08f2f127b9a66f46ea918e34353811a7cb378 (git) Affected: ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce , < 28010791193a4503f054e8d69a950ef815deb539 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.105 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.46 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.6 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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