Bluetooth: 6lowpan: avoid untracked enable work
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: 6lowpan: avoid untracked enable work lowpan_enable_set() allocates a temporary work item and schedules do_enable_set() on system_wq, then returns to debugfs. The debugfs active operation has ended at that point, but the worker still executes module text and manipulates enable_6lowpan and listen_chan. bt_6lowpan_exit() removes the debugfs files and immediately closes and puts listen_chan. It has no pointer to the queued work item, so it cannot cancel or flush it before tearing down the state that the worker uses. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: debugfs enable write module exit 1. lowpan_enable_set() allocates 1. bt_6lowpan_exit() removes set_enable work the debugfs file 2. schedule_work() queues 2. bt_6lowpan_exit() closes do_enable_set() and puts listen_chan 3. the write operation returns 3. module teardown can continue 4. do_enable_set() later runs against stale state Run the enable state transition synchronously in lowpan_enable_set() instead. The simple debugfs setter can sleep, and this file already handles the 6LoWPAN control write synchronously under the same set_lock. Once the setter returns, debugfs removal covers the whole operation and exit can no longer race with an untracked work item. Validation reproduced this kernel report: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_enable_set+0x113/0x2e0 Workqueue: events do_enable_set [bluetooth_6lowpan] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888109cb8000
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 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72337
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f7wf-gfq3-cm8r
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/Linux@31cc289d5b179a37be439043306f518376a58187, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@333a39f134dd0bc614ef6658e9ccd448080443d1, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@4137ad60d23ace43c7fc857bd12167750c85e89d, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4137ad60d23ace43c7fc857bd12167750c85e89d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/333a39f134dd0bc614ef6658e9ccd448080443d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9061d0c19e97bb8d0aa235d0a571a5d6d0be7477
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31cc289d5b179a37be439043306f518376a58187
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feb3fc2c38ed52003142f31e04109719b200c049
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352a59dc1f4a41314b6f827c17e16af7ca88271a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72337 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72337 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f7wf-gfq3-cm8r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72337 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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