GHSA-XMW2-VJ5Q-XHXR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-09 18:32 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:32
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: ISO: fix use-after-free of listener socket in iso_conn_ready

iso_conn_ready() looks up the BIS listener socket with iso_get_sock(), which takes a reference, and then, without re-checking its state, creates a child socket from it:

parent = iso_get_sock(hdev, ...);
if (!parent)
    return;

lock_sock(parent);
sk = iso_sock_alloc(sock_net(parent), NULL, BTPROTO_ISO, ...);
...
iso_chan_add(conn, sk, parent);
...
release_sock(parent);
sock_put(parent);

If the listener socket is closed concurrently, between iso_get_sock() and lock_sock(), the reference taken by iso_get_sock() may be the last one: the close path drops the link-list reference, and once iso_conn_ready() drops its own reference at the end of the function the socket is freed. The child socket, however, is already linked to the freed parent, and a later disconnect of the child runs iso_chan_del() -> bt_accept_unlink(), which dereferences the dangling parent pointer into the freed accept queue (a use-after-free). The same dangling pointer is also dereferenced through parent->***() in iso_chan_del().

Fix it the same way the connected (non-BIS) path was fixed in commit 0d255e63fcf3 ("Bluetooth: ISO: hold sk properly in iso_conn_ready"): after taking the socket lock, re-check that the parent is still a listening, alive socket, and bail out otherwise.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-80914"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-09-09T17:17:46Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: ISO: fix use-after-free of listener socket in iso_conn_ready\n\niso_conn_ready() looks up the BIS listener socket with iso_get_sock(),\nwhich takes a reference, and then, without re-checking its state,\ncreates a child socket from it:\n\n    parent = iso_get_sock(hdev, ...);\n    if (!parent)\n        return;\n\n    lock_sock(parent);\n    sk = iso_sock_alloc(sock_net(parent), NULL, BTPROTO_ISO, ...);\n    ...\n    iso_chan_add(conn, sk, parent);\n    ...\n    release_sock(parent);\n    sock_put(parent);\n\nIf the listener socket is closed concurrently, between iso_get_sock()\nand lock_sock(), the reference taken by iso_get_sock() may be the last\none: the close path drops the link-list reference, and once\niso_conn_ready() drops its own reference at the end of the function the\nsocket is freed.  The child socket, however, is already linked to the\nfreed parent, and a later disconnect of the child runs iso_chan_del()\n-\u003e bt_accept_unlink(), which dereferences the dangling parent pointer\ninto the freed accept queue (a use-after-free).  The same dangling\npointer is also dereferenced through parent-\u003e***() in\niso_chan_del().\n\nFix it the same way the connected (non-BIS) path was fixed in commit\n0d255e63fcf3 (\"Bluetooth: ISO: hold sk properly in iso_conn_ready\"):\nafter taking the socket lock, re-check that the parent is still a\nlistening, alive socket, and bail out otherwise.",
  "id": "GHSA-xmw2-vj5q-xhxr",
  "modified": "2026-09-14T15:32:18Z",
  "published": "2026-09-09T18:32:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80914"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03288b7447c9e572f8ab82fc29cfb4ca719ab210"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1702f12cf59a1c3b670eb6bb4a4d6fcccf07e3b8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2387cd06a2c0b416f05028b02bba1089f54c28d9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49fd7116f76b860b230843700fb7423ab5331e1f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560bef609fa5992745929e8d7d458b9d88dd2830"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47b8f8c02a3d3f282693e5a4ff1f6b4b00518de"
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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