CVE-2026-98109

Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix race condition during device registration

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix race condition during device registration In hci_register_dev(), the power_on work item is queued to hdev->req_workqueue before initializing hdev->adv_monitors_idr and registering the MSFT extension via msft_register(). For devices marked with quirks such as HCI_QUIRK_RAW_DEVICE, the HCI_UNCONFIGURED flag is set on the device. When the power_on work item runs concurrently on another CPU, hci_power_on() detects that the device is unconfigured and immediately invokes hci_dev_do_close(), which calls msft_do_close(). Concurrently, msft_register() allocates the msft structure and exposes it to hdev->msft_data prior to calling mutex_init(&msft->filter_lock). If msft_do_close() executes while hdev->msft_data is already assigned but the mutex has not yet been initialized, mutex_lock(&msft->filter_lock) operates on an uninitialized mutex, triggering a DEBUG_LOCKS warning: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 at __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 [inline] WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 at __mutex_lock+0x12d8/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 ... Call Trace: <TASK> msft_do_close+0x308/0x7b0 net/bluetooth/msft.c:693 hci_dev_close_sync+0x86b/0x10a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5522 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:499 [inline] hci_power_on+0x32c/0x750 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:937 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0x92d/0xe10 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> Fix this by moving the queue_work() call in hci_register_dev() to after idr_init(&hdev->adv_monitors_idr) and msft_register(hdev) so that device structures and extensions are fully initialized before asynchronous tasks can access them. Additionally, assign hdev->msft_data in msft_register() only after mutex_init(&msft->filter_lock) has completed.

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.536.19 ≤ v < 7.2.76.4.16 ≤ v < 6.56.5.3 ≤ v < 6.12.1116.4.166.5.37.37.3 rc180fe27811c56ecd3896c3d511ab8298146071d989e14606d8f38ea52a38c27692a9c1513c987a5daf9965f7f38c90449a5fb26edb8a7d22b1dcf0283
Vendor states this is fixed in 57938bbdb9bf7fd41cbd5cd509ec10c4b22bec18 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 593e64f64a20b25e4042c3ee863119eb7f991785 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a11ebe8dc0333fb870bbbb656b34690e87ee3f98 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b1faf348c29e6f8302ec7769cbf1c1ef05be014f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d427b1c71d9798083e954d3c13469dc0a2305868 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (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-rc2 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusUNDERGOING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-362

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