CVE-2026-98459 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: ISO: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()

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: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()

hci_conn_link() takes a lifetime reference to its parent with hci_conn_get(), but only takes an operational hold on the child. hci_conn_unlink() later balances both a hold and a reference on the parent.

The SCO and CIS paths pass a parent acquired from a connect helper, so it already has a hold. For an additional BIS, hci_bind_bis() obtains the parent from hci_conn_hash_lookup_big(), which returns a bare pointer. Unlinking the child then drops the parent's existing hold and can schedule it for disconnection while its socket is still using it.

Take a hold on the parent before linking it and drop that hold if linking fails. A successful link transfers the hold to hci_conn_unlink().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 11dc486ed5d4626e6b92a23b67ed76cb6c48bfc9 to ff28e6c67143c76ef50c3eac01f2fad411705f71 (excl.)
  • affected from fa224d0c094a458e9ebf5ea9b1c696136b7af427 to 03a91cdf6862fb351a74f035ad21e70112438552 (excl.)
  • affected from fa224d0c094a458e9ebf5ea9b1c696136b7af427 to 4e49206d9574a4c109480198e73aea34ad0ed7f6 (excl.)
  • affected from fa224d0c094a458e9ebf5ea9b1c696136b7af427 to bbcd723ee7a84bc868142fd57717af88e54e555a (excl.)
  • affected from fa224d0c094a458e9ebf5ea9b1c696136b7af427 to 4c94557dd02569efa6c1072a0439addaef9a5224 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.6.67 to 6.6.158 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.158 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 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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