CVE-2026-97977

Bluetooth: btusb: Fix UAF of btusb_data by rx_work

N/A
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 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: btusb: Fix UAF of btusb_data by rx_work btusb_close() and btusb_flush() cancel data->rx_work with the asynchronous cancel_delayed_work(), so if btusb_rx_work() is already running on another CPU it keeps running after the cancel returns. btusb_disconnect() calls hci_unregister_dev(), which invokes btusb_close(), and then frees the btusb_data. A still running btusb_rx_work() then dereferences the freed data: while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&data->acl_q))) data->recv_acl(data->hdev, skb); Use cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead. In btusb_close() the cancel also has to happen after btusb_stop_traffic(), otherwise an URB completion racing with the cancel can requeue the work right after it has been waited for.

Affected

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

5.17800fe5ec302e1ebbf5e3f891f886deecd49c7132
Vendor states this is fixed in 1c12c3117639e78940959d956519c758c57d0849 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 472d005622525b7be155cac99dde2252b0163bd1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5242050195a711e9cd6a9935f689ab6656b94a91 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 93b59937bda3fffc6386c79f5544a39bc680c8e8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fa391adb9c755515a89993634745e9079e5ef37c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fc654a72a8d979db15e2773a481e931abaf5a9e8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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