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High · 8.8 CVE-2025-21969 EUVD-2025-9351GHSA-9v7h-vc98-97mp

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd

Published Apr 1, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd

After the hci sync command releases l2cap_conn, the hci receive data work
queue references the released l2cap_conn when sending to the upper layer.
Add hci dev lock to the hci receive data work queue to synchronize the two.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880271a4000 by task kworker/u9:2/5837

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc5-syzkaller-00163-gab75170520d4 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: hci1 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602
l2cap_build_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:2964 [inline]
l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954
l2cap_sig_send_rej net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5502 [inline]
l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5538 [inline]
l2cap_recv_frame+0x221f/0x10db0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6817
hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3797 [inline]
hci_rx_work+0x508/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4040
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
</TASK>

Allocated by task 5837:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x243/0x390 mm/slub.c:4329
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1037 [inline]
l2cap_conn_add+0xa9/0x8e0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6860
l2cap_connect_cfm+0x115/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7239
hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]
hci_remote_features_evt+0x68e/0xac0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3726
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7473 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0xac2/0x1540 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7525
hci_rx_work+0x3f3/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4035
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Freed by task 54:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:582
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x59/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4613 [inline]
kfree+0x196/0x430 mm/slub.c:4761
l2cap_connect_cfm+0xcc/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7235
hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]
hci_conn_failed+0x287/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1266
hci_abort_conn_sync+0x56c/0x11f0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5603
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.17.14 – < 5.18, 5.18 5.18

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 6.12.20-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.20-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-84.84 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1039.41 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1038.44 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1 USN-7628-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1025.27 USN-7809-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1040.42 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1036.40 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1037.37 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-84.84.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2 USN-7605-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1039.42.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1024.24 USN-7606-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1037.38 USN-7801-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1039.43 USN-7790-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1018.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-85.85~22.04.1 USN-7801-1, USN-7764-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1 USN-7801-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-84.84~22.04.1 —
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 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2030.31 USN-7800-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1034.35 USN-7767-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1034.35~22.04.1 USN-7767-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1039.41+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1040.46+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-84.84+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1040.42+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rv +77 6.12.0-55.17.1.el10_0 RHSA-2025:9079
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:9080

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 rv +75 5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6 ALSA-2025:9080

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-55.17.1.el10_0 RLSA-2025:9079
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1, SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.223.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03613-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.223.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03613-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_62 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1, SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_67 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_69 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03626-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.85.1-2 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 rv +28 6.12.0-55.19.1.0.1.el10_0 ELSA-2025-9079
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.22.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-9080

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