In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync Use-after-free can occur in hci_disconnect_all_sync if a connection is deleted by concurrent processing of a controller event. To prevent this the code now tries to iterate over the list backwards to ensure the links are cleanup before its parents, also it no longer relies on a cursor, instead it always uses the last element since hci_abort_conn_sync is guaranteed to call hci_conn_del. UAF crash log: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_powered_sync (net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5424) [bluetooth] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009d9c000 by task kworker/u9:0/124 CPU: 0 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc1+ #10 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work [bluetooth] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90 print_report+0xcf/0x670 ? __virt_addr_valid+0xdd/0x160 ? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] kasan_report+0xa6/0xe0 ? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_hci_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] hci_cmd_sync_work+0x137/0x220 [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90 worker_thread+0x92/0x630 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x196/0x1e0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 </TASK> Allocated by task 1782: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 hci_conn_add+0xa5/0xa80 [bluetooth] hci_bind_cis+0x881/0x9b0 [bluetooth] iso_connect_cis+0x121/0x520 [bluetooth] iso_sock_connect+0x3f6/0x790 [bluetooth] __sys_connect+0x109/0x130 __x64_sys_connect+0x40/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 Freed by task 695: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50 __kasan_slab_free+0x10a/0x180 __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x2e0 device_release+0x5d/0xf0 kobject_put+0xdf/0x270 hci_disconn_complete_evt+0x274/0x3a0 [bluetooth] hci_event_packet+0x579/0x7e0 [bluetooth] hci_rx_work+0x287/0xaa0 [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0 worker_thread+0x92/0x630 kthread+0x196/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 ==================================================================

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:2821 advisory.

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:2720 advisory.

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:3267 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Linux kernel: xHCI driver isochronous event handling race condition leading to data loss or UAF     (CVE-2025-37882)

    * kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w reset and tm thread for reply queue (CVE-2025-37861)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption in Squashfs due to incorrect block size calculation     (CVE-2025-38415)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in USB configuration parsing     (CVE-2025-39760)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in VXLAN due to incorrect nexthop hash size leading to denial     of service (CVE-2023-53192)

    * kernel: smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length     (CVE-2025-39933)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or denial of     service. (CVE-2025-40271)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel ALSA USB audio driver: Buffer overflow leading to information disclosure and denial     of service (CVE-2025-40269)

    * kernel: ip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 (CVE-2023-53821)

    * kernel: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup (CVE-2022-50673)

    * kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:2720 advisory.

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)
      * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)
      * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:3358 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Linux kernel: xHCI driver isochronous event handling race condition leading to data loss or UAF     (CVE-2025-37882)

    * kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w reset and tm thread for reply queue (CVE-2025-37861)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption in Squashfs due to incorrect block size calculation     (CVE-2025-38415)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in USB configuration parsing     (CVE-2025-39760)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in VXLAN due to incorrect nexthop hash size leading to denial     of service (CVE-2023-53192)

    * kernel: smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length     (CVE-2025-39933)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or denial of     service. (CVE-2025-40271)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel ALSA USB audio driver: Buffer overflow leading to information disclosure and denial     of service (CVE-2025-40269)

    * kernel: ip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 (CVE-2023-53821)

    * kernel: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup (CVE-2022-50673)

    * kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-216:13 advisory.

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)
      * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)
      * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:2821 advisory.

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)
      * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)
      * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-2720 advisory.

    - Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF on hci_abort_conn_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_conn: Consolidate code for aborting connections (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: Fix printing errors if LE Connection times out (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix not cleaning up on LE Connection failure (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold hdev->lock when cleanup hci_conn (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: Move hci_abort_conn to hci_conn.c (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: mgmt: Fix using hci_conn_abort (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix hci_connect_le_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_sync: Cleanup hci_conn if it cannot be aborted (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking for invalid handle on error status (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: call hci_le_conn_failed with hdev lock in hci_le_conn_failed (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix undefined return of hci_disconnect_all_sync() (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: hci_event: Ignore multiple conn complete events (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
    - Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111]     {CVE-2023-53762}
    - fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137678]     {CVE-2025-40304}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2821 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2720 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (CVE-2025-40168)

    * kernel: Linux kernel Bluetooth: Denial of Service due to use-after-free in connection handling     (CVE-2023-53762)

    * kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information     disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync Use-after-free can occur in     hci_disconnect_all_sync if a connection is deleted by concurrent processing of a controller event. To     prevent this the code now tries to iterate over the list backwards to ensure the links are cleanup before     its parents, also it no longer relies on a cursor, instead it always uses the last element since     hci_abort_conn_sync is guaranteed to call hci_conn_del. UAF crash log:
    ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in     hci_set_powered_sync (net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5424) [bluetooth] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009d9c000     by task kworker/u9:0/124 CPU: 0 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc1+ #10 Hardware name:
    QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work     [bluetooth] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x90 print_report+0xcf/0x670 ?
    __virt_addr_valid+0xdd/0x160 ? hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] kasan_report+0xa6/0xe0 ?     hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth]     hci_set_powered_sync+0x2c9/0x4a0 [bluetooth] ? __pfx_hci_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] ?
    __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_set_powered_sync+0x10/0x10 [bluetooth] hci_cmd_sync_work+0x137/0x220     [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ?
    __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90 worker_thread+0x92/0x630 ?
    __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x196/0x1e0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50     </TASK> Allocated by task 1782: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
    __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 hci_conn_add+0xa5/0xa80 [bluetooth] hci_bind_cis+0x881/0x9b0 [bluetooth]     iso_connect_cis+0x121/0x520 [bluetooth] iso_sock_connect+0x3f6/0x790 [bluetooth] __sys_connect+0x109/0x130
    __x64_sys_connect+0x40/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 Freed by task     695: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50
    __kasan_slab_free+0x10a/0x180 __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x2e0 device_release+0x5d/0xf0     kobject_put+0xdf/0x270 hci_disconn_complete_evt+0x274/0x3a0 [bluetooth] hci_event_packet+0x579/0x7e0     [bluetooth] hci_rx_work+0x287/0xaa0 [bluetooth] process_one_work+0x526/0x9d0 worker_thread+0x92/0x630     kthread+0x196/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50     ================================================================== (CVE-2023-53762)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
300443	RockyLinux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2026:2821)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
300154	RockyLinux 8 : kernel (RLSA-2026:2720)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
300052	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:3267)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
300018	AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2026:2720)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
300007	RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:3358)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
299861	MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10 (AXSA:2026-216:13)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
299774	AlmaLinux 8 : kernel-rt (ALSA-2026:2821)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
299335	Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2026-2720)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
299333	RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:2821)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
299165	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:2720)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
297194	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296680	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296676	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296481	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
277724	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53762	Nessus	Misc.	high

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