CVE-2026-23461
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Apr 3, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 13, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user
After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in hci_chan_del"), l2cap_conn_del() uses conn->lock to protect access to conn->users. However, l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() don't use conn->lock, creating a race condition where these functions can access conn->users and conn->hchan concurrently with l2cap_conn_del().
This can lead to use-after-free and list corruption bugs, as reported by syzbot.
Fix this by changing l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() to use conn->lock instead of hci_dev_lock(), ensuring consistent locking for the l2cap_conn structure.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22a5e659959eb77c2fbb58a5adfaf3c3dab7abf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da3000cbe4851458a22be38bb18c0689c39fdd5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71030f3b3015a412133a805ff47970cdcf30c2b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752a6c9596dd25efd6978a73ff21f3b592668f4a
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