CVE-2026-63944

Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix UAF in hci_le_create_cis_sync

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 01:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix UAF in hci_le_create_cis_sync hci_le_create_cis_sync() dereferences conn->conn_timeout after releasing both rcu_read_lock() and hci_dev_lock(hdev). The conn pointer was obtained from an RCU-protected iteration over hdev->conn_hash.list and is not valid once these locks are dropped. A concurrent disconnect can free the hci_conn between the unlock and the dereference, causing a use-after-free read. The cancellation mechanism in hci_conn_del() cannot prevent this because hci_le_create_cis_pending() queues hci_create_cis_sync with data=NULL: hci_cmd_sync_queue(hdev, hci_create_cis_sync, NULL, NULL); While hci_conn_del() dequeues with data=conn: hci_cmd_sync_dequeue(hdev, NULL, conn, NULL); Since NULL != conn, the lookup in _hci_cmd_sync_lookup_entry() never matches, and the pending work item is not cancelled. Fix this by saving conn->conn_timeout into a local variable while the locks are still held, so the stale conn pointer is never dereferenced after unlock. This is the same class of bug as the one fixed by commit 035c25007c9e ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF on le_read_features_complete") which addressed the identical pattern in a different function. This vulnerability was identified using 0sec.ai, an open-source automated security auditing platform (https://github.com/0sec-labs).

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.4 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.936.47.1c09b80be6ffc338634b2f5f8cfa12b6843410834
Vendor states this is fixed in 380e67b1794a9a281a0cb592b4e62077fbd0c8ca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a55618c0f4cead9e59c63f5ee030d393fd70d861 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a921957d39290143629eb38c4f74b9bef8035d0a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bfea6091e0fffb270c20e74384b660910277eb6c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d9019210c8c30d40eb20094274cc647e352f48f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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