Bluetooth: btusb: Fix UAF of btusb_data by rx_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
- Partial Red Hat: 6 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: btusb: Fix UAF of btusb_data by rx_work btusb_close() and btusb_flush() cancel data->rx_work with the asynchronous cancel_delayed_work(), so if btusb_rx_work() is already running on another CPU it keeps running after the cancel returns. btusb_disconnect() calls hci_unregister_dev(), which invokes btusb_close(), and then frees the btusb_data. A still running btusb_rx_work() then dereferences the freed data: while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&data->acl_q))) data->recv_acl(data->hdev, skb); Use cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead. In btusb_close() the cancel also has to happen after btusb_stop_traffic(), otherwise an URB completion racing with the cancel can requeue the work right after it has been waited for.
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 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
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: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 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: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97977
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvpx-42x3-8643
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@5242050195a711e9cd6a9935f689ab6656b94a91, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc654a72a8d979db15e2773a481e931abaf5a9e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5242050195a711e9cd6a9935f689ab6656b94a91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/472d005622525b7be155cac99dde2252b0163bd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93b59937bda3fffc6386c79f5544a39bc680c8e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa391adb9c755515a89993634745e9079e5ef37c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c12c3117639e78940959d956519c758c57d0849
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97977 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97977 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvpx-42x3-8643 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97977 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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