CVE-2026-74510 (GCVE-0-2026-74510)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 12:27
Modified
2026-08-23 12:47
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: mgmt: fix UAF in pair command cancellation
The pairing completion and authentication failure callbacks look up the
pending MGMT_OP_PAIR_DEVICE command by walking hdev->mgmt_pending. The
lookup returned a command that was still linked on the shared pending list,
without keeping mgmt_pending_lock held for the later dereference and
removal.
A concurrent MGMT_OP_CANCEL_PAIR_DEVICE request can remove and free the
same pending command before the callback uses it. The reverse race is also
possible when cancel_pair_device() gets a command from pending_find() and a
callback removes it before the cancel path dereferences it. This can lead
to a use-after-free and a second list_del().
Make the pairing lookup helpers transfer ownership of the pending command
by removing it from hdev->mgmt_pending while holding mgmt_pending_lock.
The callbacks and cancel path then complete the command and free it
directly, so racing paths cannot find or free the same command again. Take
a temporary hci_conn reference in cancel_pair_device() because the command
completion drops the reference stored in the pending command.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 Version: e9a416b5ce0c0f93819f55d34cf6882196e9c3b2 |
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