CVE-2026-68085 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: hci_uart: clear HCI_UART_SENDING when write_work is canceled

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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

Bluetooth: hci_uart: clear HCI_UART_SENDING when write_work is canceled

HCI_UART_SENDING bit in tx_state means write_work is pending and blocks queueing it again. Currently this bit is not cleared when canceling the work in hci_uart_close(), which blocks future writes when device is reopened later if write_work was pending.

Fix by clearing HCI_UART_SENDING when canceling the work.

Also make clearing of tx_skb safe by using disable_work_sync + enable_work instead of just cancel_work_sync. hci_uart_flush() purges the proto tx queue so we can cancel the pending write_work there, instead of doing it just in hci_uart_close(). Re-enable and possibly requeue the work after queue flush.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 81c7a3c22a0f2808cf4ae0b4908f59763b23606d to d52446b3e735cfdbdc2a58342163803bc2e64249 (excl.)
  • affected from 192cb0f1ca706d9a1bc36ae0ad5f666d1e4fd894 to b9dd39cf1667e378b25a082ca796d495d578c5d3 (excl.)
  • affected from c1bb9336ae6b54a5f6a353c4bd4ed9a4307e429b to 714d861d35d937f23375a4517569b13917bbbe51 (excl.)
  • affected from c1bb9336ae6b54a5f6a353c4bd4ed9a4307e429b to 1b0d946d6f08bd39211385bc703a440911b41e46 (excl.)
  • Version 78aad93e938f013d9272fe0ee168f27883afa95c is affected
  • Version e2d19969c8d9198ecc3090bcd5312ecd503a3339 is affected
  • Version c85cff648a2bc92322912db5f1727ad05afae7b6 is affected
  • Version 9d20d48be2c4a071fb015eb09bda2cecd25daf34 is affected
  • Version 7338031946bd06f6dff149e67b60c4cd083bfea8 is affected
  • affected from 6.12.92 to 6.12.96 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.18.34 to 6.18.39 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.10.258 to 5.11 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.15.209 to 5.16 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.1.175 to 6.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.6.142 to 6.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 7.0.11 to 7.1 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.96 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc3 to * (incl.)

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