CVE-2026-72335

Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix adv monitor add failure cleanup

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:55 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix adv monitor add failure cleanup hci_add_adv_monitor() publishes a new adv_monitor in hdev->adv_monitors_idr before the powered MSFT setup step. The MSFT offload add path can then fail either locally before the controller add command completes, or in the MSFT add callback. In the current queued management add flow, hci_cmd_sync_work() still invokes mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete() with the original pending command after msft_add_monitor_pattern() returns. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: MSFT add handling MGMT completion 1. insert monitor and handle 1. receive sync error 2. send MSFT add command 2. call add-monitor completion 3. callback sees bad response 3. load cmd->user_data 4. callback frees monitor 4. read monitor->handle Local MSFT setup failures have the other half of the same ownership bug: they return an error after the IDR insertion, but no later code removes the failed monitor from the IDR. Keep ownership with the pending management command until its completion. For normal management adds, the MSFT add callback now records successful controller state and returns errors to its caller. The management completion frees the monitor on non-success after copying the response handle, while resume/reregister callback-error cleanup remains in the MSFT callback. The success path keeps the existing bookkeeping. Validation reproduced this kernel report: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0xfb/0x260 [bluetooth] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 print_report+0xce/0x5f0 ? mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0xfb/0x260 [bluetooth] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x19f/0x330 ? mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0xfb/0x260 [bluetooth] kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 ? mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0xfb/0x260 [bluetooth] mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0xfb/0x260 [bluetooth] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? 0xffffffffc00d00da ? __pfx_mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ? hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1ab/0x210 [bluetooth] hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1c0/0x210 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x4fd/0xbc0 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x37/0xf0 ? __pfx_hci_cmd_sync_work+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 worker_thread+0x2d8/0x570 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x1ad/0x1f0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x3c9/0x540 ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10 ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 ? __switch_to+0x2e9/0x730 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 471 on cpu 3 at 285.205389s: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 add_adv_patterns_monitor_rssi+0xd5/0x230 [bluetooth] hci_sock_sendmsg+0x96b/0xf80 [bluetooth] __sys_sendto+0x2bc/0x2d0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x76/0x90 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 454 on cpu 2 at 285.217112s: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 kfree+0x313/0x590 msft_add_monitor_sync+0x54a/0x570 [bluetooth] hci_add_adv_monitor+0x133/0x180 [bluetooth] hci_cmd_sync_work+0x187/0x210 [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x4fd/0xbc0 worker_thread+0x2d8/0x570 kthread+0x1ad/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x3c9/0x540 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Affected

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

5.12a2a4dedf88ab2f807a7ca90947d686816b430f97
Vendor states this is fixed in 384a4b2fef9ffe5e270ee5558975c0504881c5fb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5aabbd01ac315a72bcdfd42985ede712c4744689 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b1a719b3c4359ef731646fb7c7844e53dddbda72 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dbd935a9e056545721bc4e9ce518c775d787b21e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dfc8373893b1876bb367700eac9d776316dabd96 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fb256d07395ebbc950f42e439d3896ec3a25c845 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12 (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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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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