CVE-2026-23461

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in hci_chan_del"), l2cap_conn_del() uses conn->lock to protect access to conn->users. However, l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() don't use conn->lock, creating a race condition where these functions can access conn->users and conn->hchan concurrently with l2cap_conn_del(). This can lead to use-after-free and list corruption bugs, as reported by syzbot. Fix this by changing l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() to use conn->lock instead of hci_dev_lock(), ensuring consistent locking for the l2cap_conn structure.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da3000cbe4851458a22be38bb18c0689c39fdd5f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22a5e659959eb77c2fbb58a5adfaf3c3dab7abf

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752a6c9596dd25efd6978a73ff21f3b592668f4a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71030f3b3015a412133a805ff47970cdcf30c2b8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-03

Updated: 2026-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018