CVE-2026-31510 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref on l2cap_sock_ready_cb

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref on l2cap_sock_ready_cb

Before using sk pointer, check if it is null.

Fix the following:

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000260-0x0000000000000267] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5985 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4-00029-ga989fde763f4 #1 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-9.fc43 06/10/2025 Workqueue: events l2cap_info_timeout RIP: 0010:kasan_byte_accessible+0x12/0x30 Code: 79 ff ff ff 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 40 d6 48 c1 ef 03 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <0f> b6 04 07 3c 08 0f 92 c0 c3 cc cce veth0_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode RSP: 0018:ffffc90006e0f808 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffffff89746018 RCX: 0000000080000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89746018 RDI: 000000000000004c RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8aae3e70 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000260 R14: 0000000000000260 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880983c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005582615a5008 CR3: 000000007007e000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> __kasan_check_byte+0x12/0x40 lock_acquire+0x79/0x2e0 lock_sock_nested+0x48/0x100 ? l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x46/0x160 l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x46/0x160 l2cap_conn_start+0x779/0xff0 ? __pfx_l2cap_conn_start+0x10/0x10 ? l2cap_info_timeout+0x60/0xa0 ? __pfxmutexlock+0x10/0x10 l2cap_info_timeout+0x68/0xa0 ? process_scheduled_works+0xa8d/0x18c0 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 ? pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10 ? assign_work+0x3d5/0x5e0 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kthread+0x388/0x470 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10 veth1_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode ? __switch_to+0xc7d/0x1450 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_0 batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_1 netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim0: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0 netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim1: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0 netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim2: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0 netdevsim netdevsim7 netdevsim3: set [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0 RIP: 0010:kasan_byte_accessible+0x12/0x30 Code: 79 ff ff ff 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 40 d6 48 c1 ef 03 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <0f> b6 04 07 3c 08 0f 92 c0 c3 cc cce ieee80211 phy39: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' RSP: 0018:ffffc90006e0f808 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffffff89746018 RCX: 0000000080000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89746018 RDI: 000000000000004c RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8aae3e70 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000260 R14: 0000000000000260 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880983c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f7e16139e9c CR3: 000000000e74e000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to d34776c7fa1f2c510f1cdd14823aba701babb4ad (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to 03d4eafb0f3788239df63575951f6b4c97bbfda4 (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to 3c821bc0fbeaa27910a20d0b43c6008d099792af (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to a04a760c06bb591989db659439efdf106f0bae76 (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to 0780f9333852971ca77d110019e3a66ce5a7b100 (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to 1dc6db047919ecd59493cd51248b37381bbabcbb (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to 898b89c90ff9496e64b9331040778cc4e1b28c9d (excl.)
  • affected from 54a59aa2b562872781d6a8fc89f300d360941691 to b6552e0503973daf6f23bd6ed9273ef131ee364f (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.203 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.168 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.131 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.80 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.21 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.11 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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