CVE-2026-74533 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: ISO: fix race of kfree vs kref_get_unless_zero

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

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

Bluetooth: ISO: fix race of kfree vs kref_get_unless_zero

hci_conn::iso_data is accessed and modified without lock or RCU. This leads to a race

<pre>[Task hdev->workqueue] [Task 2] iso_recv iso_conn_put(conn) conn = LOAD hcon->iso_data iso_conn_free(conn) iso_conn_hold_unless_zero(conn) hcon->iso_data = NULL kfree(conn) kref_get_unless_zero(&conn->ref) /* UAF */ </pre>

and also to races in iso_conn_add() vs. iso_conn_free().

Fix by adding spinlock hci_conn::proto_lock and using it to guard hci_conn::iso_data.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from dc26097bdb864a0d5955b9a25e43376ffc1af99b to 876a3e94c70d0859d1dad1c986112d4f0d99eba8 (excl.)
  • affected from dc26097bdb864a0d5955b9a25e43376ffc1af99b to af24e338bf5dafb80f42baa9a0b9e9b57b1c5d9c (excl.)
  • Version f53e7489273dc2bb307bf50f319b3762d45534f0 is affected
  • Version a58d0f5dac322e16cc75334d000666512341bde5 is affected
  • affected from 6.11.11 to 6.12 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.12.2 to 6.13 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc6 to * (incl.)

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