CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53364

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a memory leak exists in the hci_le_big_terminate() function. The function allocates iso_list_data but fails to free it in an early return path when neither pa_sync_term nor big_sync_term flags are set.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to resource exhaustion, potentially causing denial of service (DoS) in systems using Bluetooth Low Energy.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes this vulnerability. Update your system to a kernel version containing the fix commit.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leak in hci_le_big_terminate() hci_le_big_terminate() allocates iso_list_data via kzalloc_obj but returns 0 without freeing it when neither pa_sync_term nor big_sync_term flags are set after evaluating the PA and BIG sync connection state. This early-return path was introduced when hci_le_big_terminate() was refactored to take struct hci_conn instead of raw u8 parameters, adding PA/BIG flag evaluation logic. The existing kfree() on hci_cmd_sync_queue failure does not cover this path.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS