CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64408

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

18th percentile - higher than 18% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the Bluetooth bnep driver reads an L2CAP connection without holding the channel lock during netdev registration, leading to a use-after-free if the controller is torn down concurrently. The fix pins the L2CAP connection reference before registration.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely trigger a kernel panic or potentially escalate privileges by exploiting a race condition during Bluetooth interface registration.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes the issue in bnep_add_connection() and 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: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration bnep_add_connection() reads the L2CAP connection without holding the channel lock, then passes its HCI device to register_netdev(). Controller teardown can clear and release that connection concurrently, leaving the network device registration path to dereference a freed parent device. Take a reference to the L2CAP connection while holding the channel lock. Retain it until register_netdev() has taken the parent device reference.

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