CVE-2026-98458 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: ISO: release unused CIS holds after channel attach

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

Bluetooth: ISO: release unused CIS holds after channel attach

hci_bind_cis() and hci_connect_cis() return one hci_conn hold for the ISO layer. A new channel association consumes that hold, which is eventually released by iso_conn_free().

There are two cases where iso_chan_add() does not create an association: it returns success when the socket is already attached to the same iso_conn, and it returns -EBUSY when another socket is attached. The hold returned for the current call is unused in both cases. This occurs when deferred setup calls iso_connect_cis() again for its existing socket, or when another socket attempts to reuse the CIS.

Detect the idempotent case while the connection is locked and release the unused hold after iso_chan_add(). Also release it on -EBUSY. Do not drop it for other errors: a newly allocated iso_conn releases the transferred hold when its last temporary reference is put.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 69997d50ec574be816b4ee8f9cee52ebbd53f8bd to e0e8b70207eaf27aee0a05ec5bf2d1b6bcb004d1 (excl.)
  • affected from 69997d50ec574be816b4ee8f9cee52ebbd53f8bd to ed4c026cc4094dfb7a329b9d8df0ddd0be1b2458 (excl.)
  • affected from 69997d50ec574be816b4ee8f9cee52ebbd53f8bd to e5fcca51177f224604e3a8c926ffd5edbeb58b09 (excl.)
  • affected from 69997d50ec574be816b4ee8f9cee52ebbd53f8bd to 0fcd4dad555c96e0bd3a1b8c569f989be85c7341 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.113 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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