CVE-2026-90252

Bluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:07 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled mgmt_hci_cmd_sync() queues the pending command with a NULL destroy callback, so it is only freed if send_hci_cmd_sync() runs. A cancelled entry is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release entry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered. Nothing else reclaims it either: mgmt_pending_new() does not put the command on hdev->mgmt_pending. The leak also pins the socket reference taken by mgmt_pending_new(), so the mgmt socket is never released. Free the command from a destroy callback. The now-empty done label is replaced by a direct return.

Affected

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

6.13827af4787e74e8df9e8e0677a69fbb15e0856d2f
Vendor states this is fixed in 414b365ecea6c30357adee6b8a7c5edc03a03575 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 481533b03985177ddc805e0bd12fc07e7adf9040 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e0cd7b34dc6b5414cac3d4cd376f73d3e9ffbd93 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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