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CVE-2026-63948

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

A reference leak in the Bluetooth L2CAP stack of the Linux kernel was found. The l2cap_chan_timeout() function fails to release a reference taken by __set_chan_timer() when the connection (chan->conn) is NULL, causing a memory leak.

Risk Assessment

The reference leak can lead to gradual kernel memory exhaustion, potentially causing a denial of service (DoS) on systems using Bluetooth.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds the missing l2cap_chan_put() before the early return in l2cap_chan_timeout() immediately.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix chan ref leak in l2cap_chan_timeout() on !conn __set_chan_timer() takes a l2cap_chan reference via l2cap_chan_hold() before scheduling the delayed work. The normal path in l2cap_chan_timeout() drops this reference with l2cap_chan_put() at the end, but the early return when chan->conn is NULL skips the put, leaking the reference. Add the missing l2cap_chan_put() before the early return.

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