CVE-2026-23461

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2026 at 03:15 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in hci_chan_del"), l2cap_conn_del() uses conn->lock to protect access to conn->users. However, l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() don't use conn->lock, creating a race condition where these functions can access conn->users and conn->hchan concurrently with l2cap_conn_del(). This can lead to use-after-free and list corruption bugs, as reported by syzbot. Fix this by changing l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() to use conn->lock instead of hci_dev_lock(), ensuring consistent locking for the l2cap_conn structure.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.12.20 ≤ v < 6.12.786.13.8 ≤ v < 6.146.14.1 ≤ v < 6.18.206.19 ≤ v < 6.19.106.6.84 ≤ v < 6.6.13018ab6b6078fa8191ca30a3065d57bf35d56357616.12.206.13.86.146.14 rc36.14 rc46.14 rc56.14 rc66.14 rc76.6.847.07.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc4ab4eedb790cae44313759b50fe47da285e2519d5efc30877bd4bc85fefe98d80af60fafc86e5775ef87271d21dd4ee83857ca11b94e7b4952749bbae
Vendor states this is fixed in 11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 71030f3b3015a412133a805ff47970cdcf30c2b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 752a6c9596dd25efd6978a73ff21f3b592668f4a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c22a5e659959eb77c2fbb58a5adfaf3c3dab7abf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in da3000cbe4851458a22be38bb18c0689c39fdd5f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.78 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.20 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.130 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416CWE-362

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