Bluetooth: mgmt: fix locking in unpair_device/disconnect_sync
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: mgmt: fix locking in unpair_device/disconnect_sync Dereferencing RCU-protected pointers outside critical sections is invalid and may lead to UAF. Take hdev->lock for hci_conn lookup and hci_abort_conn(). Don't use RCU to ensure the conn is fully initialized at this point.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.148, 6.11
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68392
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-29hq-hf65-36hv
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f3e6e21ebc6c418d348f8ce68aef6fe6d82c82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc83f9ef6789571f399ff631a2a14a12b6d8585
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/579faba5ede6df6b7f36777c431dc8dcf9d272e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca58ad287bfc5b9d31a72ecb8650289df2b57250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11511006f9e17000de3f4cadee451364f658ca3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16cd66443957e4ad42155c6fec401012f600c6f8
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68392 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68392 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-29hq-hf65-36hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68392 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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