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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.0 High

CVE-2026-53256

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind() rfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() scans rfcomm_sk_list under the list lock, but returns the selected listener after dropping that lock without taking a reference. rfcomm_connect_ind() then locks the listener, queues a child socket on it, and may notify it after unlocking it. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: rfcomm_connect_ind(): listener close: 1. Find parent in 1. close() enters rfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() rfcomm_sock_release(). 2. Drop rfcomm_sk_list.lock 2. rfcomm_sock_shutdown() without pinning parent. closes the listener. 3. Call lock_sock(parent) and 3. rfcomm_sock_kill() bt_accept_enqueue(parent, unlinks and puts parent. sk, true). 4. Read parent flags and may 4. parent can be freed. call sk_state_change(). If close wins the race, parent can be freed before rfcomm_connect_ind() reaches lock_sock(), bt_accept_enqueue(), or the deferred-setup callback. Take a reference on the listener before leaving rfcomm_sk_list.lock. After lock_sock() succeeds, recheck that it is still in BT_LISTEN before queueing a child, cache the deferred-setup bit while the parent is locked, and drop the reference after the last parent use. KASAN reported a slab-use-after-free in lock_sock_nested() from rfcomm_connect_ind(), with the freeing stack going through rfcomm_sock_kill() and rfcomm_sock_release().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < f5ec76bdbeb80f75ad0be204371afffee0f8fac8affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < a07d741c077d4e34b16458241a94d29039386553affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 1f73f92f66251065a5f39b09a47cf05ea14d3107affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < de31973ef00e5aa55496f84cf6a44bb157a34e02affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < b0e33e409715c617e2a20f46f99aa5403a14dfdaaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 8802413ce63175fb522a2bd609fb043a3550c720affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 6f4462d12133106460d7c046b95aad2491e3fddfaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 43c441edacf953b39517a44f5e5e10a93618b226affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 5.10.259 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.210 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.176 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.94 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.36 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References