High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026· Updated Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-53072
CVE-2026-53072
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: fix locking in hci_conn_request_evt() with HCI_PROTO_DEFER
When protocol sets HCI_PROTO_DEFER, hci_conn_request_evt() calls hci_connect_cfm(conn) without hdev->lock. Generally hci_connect_cfm() assumes it is held, and if conn is deleted concurrently -> UAF.
Only SCO and ISO set HCI_PROTO_DEFER and only for defer setup listen, and HCI_EV_CONN_REQUEST is not generated for ISO. In the non-deferred listening socket code paths, hci_connect_cfm(conn) is called with hdev->lock held.
Fix by holding the lock.
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Affected products
91- osv-coords89 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virt-addonspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdumppkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/libperfpkg:rpm/almalinux/perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/rtlapkg:rpm/almalinux/rvpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 3.17.0, < 5.10.258+ 88 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/385b2d0468a0871fc716c549fa3b0c257c7dbcb3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/541d5bf9b5afaf41090b2a3aa7b47f2db2ff801fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c7209a341ff2ac338b2b0375c34a307b37c9ac2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/60e3f4ff02d1f2d55bfbf2ca32a97285a9771ee4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b4d226d01ab7da0d2027a2a1e3a6079152e5065nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4a6c0f43fc5e4d4f062e8e450e5483eb74176envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27224daf0b08efbb2b24ed64b6139b294f5473anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7777f534a8018ae4bb1c80d8925af4df588a314nvdPatch
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