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High · 7.1 CVE-2024-58238 EUVD-2024-54861GHSA-r4f5-ch72-xjwq

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Resolve TX timeout error in power save stress test

Published Aug 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Resolve TX timeout error in power save stress test

This fixes the tx timeout issue seen while running a stress test on
btnxpuart for couple of hours, such that the interval between two HCI
commands coincide with the power save timeout value of 2 seconds.

Test procedure using bash script:
<load btnxpuart.ko>
hciconfig hci0 up
//Enable Power Save feature
hcitool -i hci0 cmd 3f 23 02 00 00
while (true)
do
hciconfig hci0 leadv
sleep 2
hciconfig hci0 noleadv
sleep 2
done

Error log, after adding few more debug prints:
Bluetooth: btnxpuart_queue_skb(): 01 0A 20 01 00
Bluetooth: hci0: Set UART break: on, status=0
Bluetooth: hci0: btnxpuart_tx_wakeup() tx_work scheduled
Bluetooth: hci0: btnxpuart_tx_work() dequeue: 01 0A 20 01 00
Can't set advertise mode on hci0: Connection timed out (110)
Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x200a tx timeout

When the power save mechanism turns on UART break, and btnxpuart_tx_work()
is scheduled simultaneously, psdata->ps_state is read as PS_STATE_AWAKE,
which prevents the psdata->work from being scheduled, which is responsible
to turn OFF UART break.

This issue is fixed by adding a ps_lock mutex around UART break on/off as
well as around ps_state read/write.
btnxpuart_tx_wakeup() will now read updated ps_state value. If ps_state is
PS_STATE_SLEEP, it will first schedule psdata->work, and then it will
reschedule itself once UART break has been turned off and ps_state is
PS_STATE_AWAKE.

Tested above script for 50,000 iterations and TX timeout error was not
observed anymore.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.4 6.6.49

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.9.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.9.7-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-50.51 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1020.22 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1020.23 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1019.21 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1015.19 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-50.51.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1019.21.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle +1 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1016.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2015.16 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1013.14 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1013.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150700.20.15.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1.150700.17.11.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150700.20.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.32.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1.150600.12.30.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-34.1.21.11 SUSE-SU-2025:20669-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20756-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20669-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-34.1.21.11 SUSE-SU-2025:20653-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20739-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20653-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_4 1-150700.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_4 1-150700.15.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_15 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1.150600.12.30.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1

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