CVE-2026-64557

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb()

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2026 at 08:01 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 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: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() returned l2cap_pi(sk)->chan after release_sock(parent). Once the parent lock is dropped the newly enqueued child socket sk is reachable via the accept queue, so another task can accept and free it before the callback dereferences sk, resulting in a use-after-free. Rework the ->new_connection() op so the core, rather than the callback, owns the child channel's lifetime. The op now receives a pre-allocated new_chan and returns an errno instead of allocating and returning a channel. l2cap_new_connection() allocates the child channel and links it into the conn list via __l2cap_chan_add() before invoking the callback, so the conn-list reference keeps the channel alive once release_sock(parent) exposes the socket to other tasks. Channel configuration that was duplicated in l2cap_sock_init() and the various new_connection callbacks is consolidated into l2cap_chan_set_defaults(), which now inherits from the parent channel when one is supplied.

Affected

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

3.138ffb929098a56939ac71509302eeab5b207bf262
Vendor states this is fixed in 36da806f7fbaee56ad9e81859deec203f9728700 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6fef032af0092ed5ccb767239a9ac1bc38c08a40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 733e76e74e406c1d1ddc7369420dd8a47f48bb8a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 84e718b6a814edc84159361f9f454a4e92ae91ae (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c37e4338c801ebb8cee52436c01c41e009f6e87 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b39298044e5534612511a2ff5de03ba5f6e7a820 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-416

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