CVE-2026-23461

| EUVD-2026-18722
2026-04-03 Linux GHSA-ggw5-jw3c-r95v

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Apr 03, 2026 - 15:30 vuln.today
EUVD ID Assigned
Apr 03, 2026 - 15:30 euvd
EUVD-2026-18722
CVE Published
Apr 03, 2026 - 15:15 nvd
N/A

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.

Analysis

Use-after-free in Linux kernel Bluetooth L2CAP layer allows local attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a race condition in l2cap_unregister_user(). The vulnerability arises because l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() access conn->users without proper locking (conn->lock), while l2cap_conn_del() protects the same structure with conn->lock, creating concurrent access to freed memory. …

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