Bluetooth: MGMT: free the mesh send cancel command when it is cancelled
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
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: free the mesh send cancel command when it is cancelled mesh_send_cancel() queues the pending command with a NULL destroy callback, so it is only freed if send_cancel() runs. A cancelled entry is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release entry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered. Nothing else reclaims it either: mgmt_pending_new() does not put the command on hdev->mgmt_pending. The leak also pins the socket reference taken by mgmt_pending_new(), so the mgmt socket is never released. Free the command from a destroy callback.
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 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qmmq-qm3c-v3pp
- 2026-10-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b609341ee56967d9a45845ff26f79336d2114b55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/416fabca9b7237b76aa9cafcf8c497b8ac00d88c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e30d036d777b00aed42bd35000de23ff40910c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05438d338a875a9daa08ca3f6a35b4480cf13de4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa46d428c014e7b72a18634679815670418e67dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c742feda8fcabf741a17bcf668b63c8f606f9c5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qmmq-qm3c-v3pp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90253 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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