CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63976

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's Bluetooth L2CAP stack, a vulnerability exists where chan->ident is not cleared after a successful ECRED reconfiguration. This allows a remote attacker to replay a failure response with the stale ident, causing the kernel to destroy an already-established channel.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can disrupt Bluetooth connections by causing channel rejection (ECONNRESET), potentially destabilizing device communication.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes this vulnerability (commit clearing chan->ident on success). Update your system to a kernel version containing this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: l2cap: clear chan->ident on ECRED reconfiguration success l2cap_ecred_reconf_rsp() returns early on success without clearing chan->ident. Every other L2CAP response handler (l2cap_ecred_conn_rsp, l2cap_le_connect_rsp, l2cap_config_rsp) clears chan->ident after a successful transaction to prevent the channel from matching subsequent responses with the recycled ident value. A remote attacker that completed a reconfiguration as the peer can replay a failure response with the stale ident, causing the kernel to match and destroy the already-established channel via l2cap_chan_del(chan, ECONNRESET). Clear chan->ident for all matching channels on success, and harden the failure path by using l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() consistent with other L2CAP handlers (l2cap_le_command_rej, __l2cap_get_chan_by_ident).

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