CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53358

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists in the Bluetooth L2CAP stack. The cleanup_listen() function closes channels directly, which can lead to lock inversion. The fix uses a channel timer to close channels asynchronously, ensuring correct lock ordering and preventing potential deadlocks.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can lead to deadlocks or improper Bluetooth stack behavior, potentially exploited for denial of service or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit addressing the Bluetooth L2CAP issue).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: use chan timer to close channels in cleanup_listen() l2cap_chan_close() removes the channel from conn->chan_l, which must be done under conn->lock. cleanup_listen() runs under the parent sk_lock, so acquiring conn->lock would invert the established conn->lock -> chan->lock -> sk_lock order. Instead of calling l2cap_chan_close() directly, schedule l2cap_chan_timeout with delay 0 to close the channel asynchronously. The timeout handler already acquires conn->lock and chan->lock in the correct order. The timer is only armed when chan->conn is still set: if it is already NULL, l2cap_conn_del() has already processed this channel (l2cap_chan_del + l2cap_sock_teardown_cb + l2cap_sock_close_cb), so there is nothing left to do. If l2cap_conn_del() races in after the timer is armed, __clear_chan_timer() inside l2cap_chan_del() cancels it; if the timer has already fired, the handler returns harmlessly because chan->conn was cleared.

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