CVE-2026-90252 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

Bluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled

mgmt_hci_cmd_sync() queues the pending command with a NULL destroy callback, so it is only freed if send_hci_cmd_sync() runs. A cancelled entry is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release entry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered. Nothing else reclaims it either: mgmt_pending_new() does not put the command on hdev->mgmt_pending.

The leak also pins the socket reference taken by mgmt_pending_new(), so the mgmt socket is never released.

Free the command from a destroy callback. The now-empty done label is replaced by a direct return.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 827af4787e74e8df9e8e0677a69fbb15e0856d2f to e0cd7b34dc6b5414cac3d4cd376f73d3e9ffbd93 (excl.)
  • affected from 827af4787e74e8df9e8e0677a69fbb15e0856d2f to 481533b03985177ddc805e0bd12fc07e7adf9040 (excl.)
  • affected from 827af4787e74e8df9e8e0677a69fbb15e0856d2f to 414b365ecea6c30357adee6b8a7c5edc03a03575 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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