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CVE-2026-99010

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner rfcomm_recv_data() hands the skb to d->data_ready() and returns 0 without freeing it, so the callback owns the skb from that point on. The tty implementation frees it when the DLC has been detached from its device: static void rfcomm_dev_data_ready(struct rfcomm_dlc *dlc, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct rfcomm_dev *dev = dlc->owner; if (!dev) { kfree_skb(skb); return; } The socket implementation returns without freeing it, and the skb is leaked. A connected DLC can have no owner: rfcomm_sock_destruct() clears d->owner, while the DLC itself stays on the session until it is closed. Data frames that arrive in that window still find d->state == BT_CONNECTED in rfcomm_recv_data() and are handed to the callback, one leaked skb each. The leak does not stop on its own either. The remote runs out of credits only once RFCOMM_RX_THROTTLED is set, and for a socket the only place that sets it is rfcomm_sk_data_ready() itself, below the return. rfcomm_process_dlcs() keeps granting credits, so the remote keeps sending and the leak keeps growing. Free the skb, as the tty side does.

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 < a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aefaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.57 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.11 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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