CVE-2026-43059 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix list corruption and UAF in command complete handlers

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 05.05.2026 Updated: 05.05.2026

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

Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix list corruption and UAF in command complete handlers

Commit 302a1f674c00 ("Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs") introduced mgmt_pending_valid(), which not only validates the pending command but also unlinks it from the pending list if it is valid. This change in semantics requires updates to several completion handlers to avoid list corruption and memory safety issues.

This patch addresses two left-over issues from the aforementioned rework:

  1. In mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete(), mgmt_pending_remove() is replaced with mgmt_pending_free() in the success path. Since mgmt_pending_valid() already unlinks the command at the beginning of the function, calling mgmt_pending_remove() leads to a double list_del() and subsequent list corruption/kernel panic.

  2. In set_mesh_complete(), the use of mgmt_pending_foreach() in the error path is removed. Since the current command is already unlinked by mgmt_pending_valid(), this foreach loop would incorrectly target other pending mesh commands, potentially freeing them while they are still being processed concurrently (leading to UAFs). The redundant mgmt_cmd_status() is also simplified to use cmd->opcode directly.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d71b98f253b079cbadc83266383f26fe7e9e103b to 695b45b2262fcb5e71bed1175aad59c72f92aa78 (excl.)
  • affected from 302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab to b5c5e96f3b0a5003c3ff98ebb33e59afec51dd77 (excl.)
  • affected from 302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab to 02023ff760cc104a5d86a82ef5b8dd89098ad78d (excl.)
  • affected from 302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab to 17f89341cb4281d1da0e2fb0de5406ab7c4e25ef (excl.)
  • Version 87a1f16f07c6c43771754075e08f45b41d237421 is affected
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.20 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.10 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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