CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-98295

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the Bluetooth coredump subsystem allows dump work to remain active after device unregister, leading to a use-after-free condition.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this to access freed kernel memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update that disables coredump processing during unregister.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: coredump: Quiesce dump work on unregister hci_devcd_handle_pkt_init() arms dump_timeout and coredump producers queue dump_rx without holding an hdev reference. Unregister leaves both works live, so disconnecting during an active dump lets them access hdev after hci_release_dev() frees it. Shut down coredump processing during unregister. Close the producer gate under dump_q.lock before disabling both works, then free the active buffer and queued packets under hci_dev_lock. Serializing the gate with enqueue prevents controller-specific workers from adding packets after the final purge.

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