CVE-2026-74540 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix UAF in l2cap_le_connect_rsp

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: L2CAP: fix UAF in l2cap_le_connect_rsp

l2cap_le_connect_rsp() obtains a channel via __l2cap_get_chan_by_ident() but neither holds a reference nor uses l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() before locking and operating on it. A concurrent l2cap_chan_del() triggered by a remote disconnect can free the channel between the lookup and l2cap_chan_lock(), causing a use-after-free.

The BR/EDR counterpart l2cap_connect_rsp() and the sibling handler l2cap_le_command_rej() already use l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() to safely hold a reference, but l2cap_le_connect_rsp() was left unprotected.

Fix by adding l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() after the ident lookup and l2cap_chan_put() on the exit path, consistent with other L2CAP response handlers.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from f1496dee9cbde2a62821f4441dadb0d3360f60c3 to fd4c1e301bdec60a40728ea37de531cbccda501a (excl.)
  • affected from f1496dee9cbde2a62821f4441dadb0d3360f60c3 to 522b730c62c53a1981604fd73524697fd347830d (excl.)
  • affected from f1496dee9cbde2a62821f4441dadb0d3360f60c3 to 58e3c5289ad230a7e24ae4b0c7b43f5ee6e32136 (excl.)
  • affected from f1496dee9cbde2a62821f4441dadb0d3360f60c3 to 09f447accc2570751e7d17f0dc0788b40d3edade (excl.)
  • affected from f1496dee9cbde2a62821f4441dadb0d3360f60c3 to c4740e7f23ff9a8210198d8b4703259e21b9f69d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.151 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.103 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.44 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc6 to * (incl.)

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