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High · 8.8 CVE-2025-39983 EUVD-2025-34589GHSA-q4fj-hr69-3p79

Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_conn_tx_dequeue

Published Oct 15, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux 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-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-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 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-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-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime 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-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 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-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime 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-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_conn_tx_dequeue

This fixes the following UAF caused by not properly locking hdev when
processing HCI_EV_NUM_COMP_PKTS:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_conn_tx_dequeue+0x1be/0x220 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:3036
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880740f0940 by task kworker/u11:0/54

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u11:0 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7 #3 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci1 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593
hci_conn_tx_dequeue+0x1be/0x220 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:3036
hci_num_comp_pkts_evt+0x1c8/0xa50 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:4404
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7477 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0x7e0/0x1200 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7531
hci_rx_work+0x46a/0xe80 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>

Allocated by task 54:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4359
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
__hci_conn_add+0x233/0x1b30 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:939
le_conn_complete_evt+0x3d6/0x1220 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:5628
hci_le_enh_conn_complete_evt+0x189/0x470 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:5794
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7474 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0x78c/0x1200 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7531
hci_rx_work+0x46a/0xe80 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 9572:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline]
kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4842
device_release+0x9c/0x1c0
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x22b/0x480 lib/kobject.c:737
hci_conn_cleanup net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:175 [inline]
hci_conn_del+0x8ff/0xcb0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1173
hci_abort_conn_sync+0x5d1/0xdf0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5689
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x210/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.15 6.16.10

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 6.16.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-6.6 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +2 6.17.0-1003.3 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure 6.17.0-1006.6 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-raspi 6.17.0-1004.4 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1002.3 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-6.6.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rv +76 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1 RHSA-2025:22854
RHEL 9 rv +75 5.14.0-611.8.1.el9_7 RHSA-2025:21469
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS kernel +72 6.12.0-55.52.1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:0271
RHEL 9.6 EUS rv +77 5.14.0-570.77.1.el9_6 RHSA-2026:0457

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 kernel-doc +1 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1 ALSA-2025:22854

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1 RLSA-2025:22854

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 rv +29 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1 ELSA-2025-22854
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-611.8.1.el9_7 ELSA-2025-21469

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