CVE-2026-53357

Bluetooth: fix UAF in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() vs l2cap_conn_del()

HIGH
8
CVSS Score
Published: July 2, 2026 at 01:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix UAF in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() vs l2cap_conn_del() bt_accept_dequeue() unlinks a not-yet-accepted child from the parent accept queue and release_sock()s it before returning, so the returned sk has no caller reference and is unlocked. l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() walks these children on listening-socket close. A concurrent HCI disconnect drives hci_rx_work -> l2cap_conn_del() which runs l2cap_chan_del() + l2cap_sock_kill() and frees the child sk and its l2cap_chan; cleanup_listen() then uses both: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_sock_kill l2cap_sock_kill / l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen / __x64_sys_close Freed by: l2cap_conn_del -> l2cap_sock_close_cb -> l2cap_sock_kill This is distinct from the two fixes already in this area: commit e83f5e24da741 ("Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access") serialises the accept_q list/poll and takes temporary refs inside bt_accept_dequeue(), and CVE-2025-39860 serialises the userspace close()/accept() race by calling cleanup_listen() under lock_sock() in l2cap_sock_release(). Neither covers l2cap_conn_del() running from hci_rx_work, so this UAF still reproduces on current bluetooth/master. Take the reference at the source: bt_accept_dequeue() does sock_hold() while sk is still locked, before release_sock(); callers sock_put(). cleanup_listen() pins the chan with l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() under a brief child sk lock (serialising vs l2cap_sock_teardown_cb()), drops it before l2cap_chan_lock(), and skips a duplicate l2cap_sock_kill() on SOCK_DEAD. conn->lock is not taken here: cleanup_listen() runs under the parent sk lock and that would invert conn->lock -> chan->lock -> sk_lock (lockdep). KASAN/SMP: an unprivileged listen/close vs HCI-disconnect race produced 12 use-after-free reports per run before this change; 0, and no lockdep report, over 1600+ raced iterations after it on bluetooth/master.

Affected

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

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1755.7 ≤ v < 5.10.2596.13 ≤ v < 6.18.346.19 ≤ v < 7.0.116.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1426.7 ≤ v < 6.12.9215f02b91056253e8cdc592888f431da0731337b87.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 407217734835d21d4e0105ebf347860dc1806f88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d86d2f1b4d9a508c441d3e45277ae1a73cfed57 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 751de6ec671fe75ad9cf65a0638d2a06b6a5984d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7eebd4c2c86f573af87ff165d08a83432eb0b919 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 87c543e2f78d0871f271df92dab98901bbd5b6f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a5ca86a6097a8b030ca3226cd300b17ed330f966 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ab1513597c6cf17cd1ad2a21e3b045421b48e022 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in added1213395071470a900cc845a042fb51882a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.92 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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