CVE-2026-98739 PUBLISHED

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

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix initial port reference race

For RFCOMM_RELEASE_ONHUP devices, rfcomm_tty_install() and __rfcomm_release_dev() both use RFCOMM_TTY_OWNED to decide who drops the initial tty_port reference. The release path tests the bit separately from the install path setting it, so both can drop that reference.

The synchronous hangup does not prevent this race: port->tty is not assigned until tty_port_open(), after installation. The following interleaving is possible:

1. Install and release each obtain a reference with rfcomm_dev_get().
2. Release observes RFCOMM_TTY_OWNED clear.
3. Install sets RFCOMM_TTY_OWNED and drops the initial reference.
4. Release drops the same initial reference again.
5. TTY cleanup drops its reference and frees the device.
6. Release performs its final tty_port_put() on the freed port.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tty_port_put+0x22/0x190 Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881001d3d5c by task poc/92

Call Trace: tty_port_put+0x22/0x190 rfcomm_dev_ioctl+0x1d4/0x1930 sock_do_ioctl+0x110/0x260 sock_ioctl+0x380/0x590 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x134/0x1c0

Allocated by task 88: rfcomm_dev_ioctl+0x8f6/0x1930 sock_do_ioctl+0x110/0x260 sock_ioctl+0x380/0x590 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x134/0x1c0

Freed by task 65: kfree+0x131/0x3c0 rfcomm_dev_destruct+0x23b/0x2f0 release_one_tty+0xc1/0x370 process_one_work+0x661/0x1090

Use test_and_set_bit() in both paths so that only the caller that changes RFCOMM_TTY_OWNED from clear to set drops the initial reference. Each path keeps its own lookup reference until release or TTY cleanup, preserving the existing callback ordering and error handling.

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03ccf1ab77380d4c4a3c56552e12de4a83efa21
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a554901bd227537f79220443b2b36d585d62893
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5aa7fbf7a4446bb89f0b8394b2dfc1a6b6aba5b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d696c1ed3468dcb62578a3911e687110d463520