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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-43322

| EUVDEUVD-2026-28606 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-05-08 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-8q8r-pqgc-3hjc
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.0 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
May 11, 2026 - 08:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 11, 2026 - 08:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
May 08, 2026 - 15:02 EUVD
CVE Published
May 08, 2026 - 14:16 nvd
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
May 08, 2026 - 14:16 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in le_read_features_complete

This fixes the following backtrace caused by hci_conn being freed before le_read_features_complete but after hci_le_read_remote_features_sync so hci_conn_del -> hci_cmd_sync_dequeue is not able to prevent it:

============== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_dec_and_test include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1383 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_conn_drop include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:1688 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in le_read_features_complete+0x5b/0x340 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:7344 Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880796b0010 by task kworker/u9:0/52

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 52 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xcd/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:595 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:194 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x100/0x1b0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline] atomic_dec_and_test include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1383 [inline] hci_conn_drop include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:1688 [inline] le_read_features_complete+0x5b/0x340 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:7344 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1ff/0x430 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334 process_one_work+0x9ba/0x1b20 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 </TASK>

Allocated by task 5932: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:77 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:400 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:417 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline] __hci_conn_add+0xf8/0x1c70 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:963 hci_conn_add_unset+0x76/0x100 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1084 le_conn_complete_evt+0x639/0x1f20 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:5714 hci_le_enh_conn_complete_evt+0x23d/0x380 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:5861 hci_le_meta_evt+0x357/0x5e0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7408 hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7716 [inline] hci_event_packet+0x685/0x11c0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7773 hci_rx_work+0x2c9/0xeb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4076 process_one_work+0x9ba/0x1b20 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

Freed by task 5932: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:77 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:587 kasan_save_free_info mm/kasan/kasan.h:406 [inline] poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:252 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:284 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6663 [inline] kfree+0x2f8/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:6871 device_release+0xa4/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2565 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x1e7/0x590 lib/kobject. ---truncated---

AnalysisAI

Use-after-free (UAF) in Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows adjacent network attackers to trigger memory corruption via malformed LE Read Features Complete responses. The vulnerability occurs when hci_conn is freed before le_read_features_complete callback executes but after hci_le_read_remote_features_sync initiates, causing atomic operations on freed memory during hci_conn_drop. Active exploitation status not confirmed (no CISA KEV listing). EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates very low observed exploitation probability. Upstream patches committed to stable kernel branches 6.19.12+ and 7.0+.

Technical ContextAI

This is a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth HCI (Host Controller Interface) synchronization layer. The hci_sync subsystem manages asynchronous Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) operations including remote device feature discovery via HCI_OP_LE_READ_REMOTE_FEATURES commands. The vulnerability stems from improper lifetime management of hci_conn structures-the kernel connection tracking objects that represent active Bluetooth links. When le_read_features_complete callback fires after the corresponding hci_conn has been freed by hci_conn_del, it attempts atomic_dec_and_test on deallocated memory at offset +0x10 (the connection reference counter). The hci_cmd_sync_dequeue mechanism that should prevent this scenario fails to protect against the specific timing window between hci_le_read_remote_features_sync invocation and callback execution. This represents a classic use-after-free condition in kernel memory management where dangling pointers to freed SLUB allocations are dereferenced, leading to KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) detection in instrumented kernels but silent memory corruption in production systems.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to patched Linux kernel versions 6.19.12 or later for 6.19.x series, or version 7.0 or later for 7.x series. Upstream fixes available in git commits 260dc2be643b4a35b27008490c533613e3e53867 (6.19 stable branch) and 035c25007c9e698bef3826070ee34bb6d778020c (mainline/7.0 branch) accessible at https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/260dc2be643b4a35b27008490c533613e3e53867 and https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035c25007c9e698bef3826070ee34bb6d778020c. For systems unable to immediately upgrade, disable Bluetooth functionality via 'systemctl stop bluetooth.service && systemctl disable bluetooth.service' or blacklist the btusb and bluetooth kernel modules by adding 'blacklist btusb' and 'blacklist bluetooth' to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bluetooth.conf followed by 'update-initramfs -u' and reboot-this eliminates attack surface but breaks all Bluetooth-dependent functionality including wireless peripherals and BLE IoT device connectivity. Alternatively, restrict Bluetooth to trusted devices only via BlueZ configuration by setting 'Discoverable=false' and 'Pairable=false' in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf, though this does not prevent exploitation via already-paired malicious devices. Organizations should prioritize patching over workarounds due to the operational impact of disabling Bluetooth in modern laptop and mobile deployments.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed

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