Bluetooth: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 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: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling rfcomm_security_cfm() looks up a session on session_list and then walks its DLC list without holding rfcomm_mutex. Since RFCOMM session teardown uses rfcomm_mutex, krfcommd can close and free the same session and DLCs concurrently: hci_rx_work krfcommd ----------- --------- rfcomm_session_get() rfcomm_lock() rfcomm_session_close() rfcomm_dlc_unlink() rfcomm_session_del() kfree(s) rfcomm_unlock() walk s->dlcs The callback can then read a freed session list head and touch freed DLCs while updating their flags or timers. Serialize the session lookup and DLC traversal in rfcomm_security_cfm() with rfcomm_mutex. This matches the existing RFCOMM session lifetime rules and prevents concurrent rfcomm_session_del() / rfcomm_dlc_unlink() from tearing the objects down while the callback is using them. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888111fb3960 by task kworker/u17:1/89 Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work Call Trace: rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440 hci_encrypt_cfm+0x139/0x590 hci_encrypt_change_evt+0x37b/0xc40 hci_event_packet+0x71b/0xb20 hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730 Allocated by task 69: rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2f0 rfcomm_run+0x44b/0x41e0 Freed by task 69: kfree+0x131/0x3c0 rfcomm_session_del+0x188/0x220 rfcomm_run+0x1985/0x41e0
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89569
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxfx-9m42-x999
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ce8b33eb238cf18c15207332fbdc26d858f592
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3873f3449701b3dc98cba577923be6493598e7a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ded3264106418c6456ccceaafd9fda596ce12c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82425b14f0fb22e46cfddc56d6465570f5ed0ce6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b7841ffad08e911e8c4b9470f3fa08423568940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/946d76db77ee5f922968ce558629ae47b381e3fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf7961964a6e93360179f64712320ae9a1e9577
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759c185d0bbdb131357408f50b8735e04ed3caff
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89569 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89569 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxfx-9m42-x999 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89569 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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