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GHSA-XW6M-F48Q-Q7MJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn reference in abort_conn_sync()

There is theoretical UAF if the conn is freed while the hci_sync task is running.

Hold refcount to avoid that.

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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CVE-2026-74531 (GCVE-0-2026-74531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:47

Title

Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn reference in abort_conn_sync()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn reference in abort_conn_sync() There is theoretical UAF if the conn is freed while the hci_sync task is running. Hold refcount to avoid that.

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

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d1645f26aa49b5a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963fb4b8e7d1ab07b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8f9fef362bab431d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa812cfa81aa3d4a7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5761d003daa987ac8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 249c88e7fb45b6b705040c5af4bd0d0f2bc9735c , < 64d1645f26aa49b5a86ba2fccd0bb6749ea725a6 (git) Affected: 227a0cdf4a028a73dc256d0f5144b4808d718893 , < 963fb4b8e7d1ab07b4ae45bf15d41e667c88caca (git) Affected: 227a0cdf4a028a73dc256d0f5144b4808d718893 , < e8f9fef362bab431d95371d3406bc720350290c3 (git) Affected: 227a0cdf4a028a73dc256d0f5144b4808d718893 , < fa812cfa81aa3d4a7b6ce8277979af57b3f79712 (git) Affected: 227a0cdf4a028a73dc256d0f5144b4808d718893 , < 5761d003daa987ac81463f570713ce9c9dd204e5 (git) Affected: 7fe4d391e937c2f048a43ff4b421e677f10d83c0 (git) Affected: 58afdc9b18871eb1d461c725be9e9f3f44a39aeb (git) Affected: 6.6.51 , < 6.6.151 (semver) Affected: 6.1.184 , < 6.2 (semver) Affected: 6.10.10 , < 6.11 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (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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