Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync
This fixes the following UFA in hci_acl_create_conn_sync where a
connection still pending is command submission (conn->state == BT_OPEN)
maybe freed, also since this also can happen with the likes of
hci_le_create_conn_sync fix it as well:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861
Write of size 2 at addr ffff88805ffcc038 by task kworker/u11:2/9541
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9541 Comm: kworker/u11:2 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7 #3 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci3 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593
hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x210/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Allocated by task 123736:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4359
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
__hci_conn_add+0x233/0x1b30 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:939
hci_conn_add_unset net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1051 [inline]
hci_connect_acl+0x16c/0x4e0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1634
pair_device+0x418/0xa70 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:3556
hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727
sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 103680:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline]
kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4842
device_release+0x9c/0x1c0
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x22b/0x480 lib/kobject.c:737
hci_conn_cleanup net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:175 [inline]
hci_conn_del+0x8ff/0xcb0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1173
hci_conn_complete_evt+0x3c7/0x1040 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3199
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7477 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0x7e0/0x1200 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7531
hci_rx_work+0x46a/0xe80 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/sour
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4379-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
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DSA-6053-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8095-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-8165-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8261-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities |
Mon, 11 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Linux
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Linux linux Kernel |
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync This fixes the following UFA in hci_acl_create_conn_sync where a connection still pending is command submission (conn->state == BT_OPEN) maybe freed, also since this also can happen with the likes of hci_le_create_conn_sync fix it as well: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861 Write of size 2 at addr ffff88805ffcc038 by task kworker/u11:2/9541 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9541 Comm: kworker/u11:2 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7 #3 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci3 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593 hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x210/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> Allocated by task 123736: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4359 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] __hci_conn_add+0x233/0x1b30 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:939 hci_conn_add_unset net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1051 [inline] hci_connect_acl+0x16c/0x4e0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1634 pair_device+0x418/0xa70 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:3556 hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727 sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 103680: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline] kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4842 device_release+0x9c/0x1c0 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x22b/0x480 lib/kobject.c:737 hci_conn_cleanup net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:175 [inline] hci_conn_del+0x8ff/0xcb0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1173 hci_conn_complete_evt+0x3c7/0x1040 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3199 hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7477 [inline] hci_event_packet+0x7e0/0x1200 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7531 hci_rx_work+0x46a/0xe80 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/sour ---truncated--- | |
| Title | Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:40:11.118Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.150Z
Link: CVE-2025-39982
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-10-15T08:15:36.153
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-39982
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-10-20T13:26:46Z
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