Linux kernel Bluetooth MGMT sends wrong status for flushed commands
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: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The Linux kernel Bluetooth management code is affected from 6.1.120 before 6.1.191, from 6.6.55 before 6.6.160, from 6.10.14 before 6.11, and from 6.11.3 before 6.12. When the adapter powers off, pending commands are answered with the wrong status, such as Success instead of Not Powered. Userspace such as bluetoothd can receive a zero-length success reply and crash.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix status of pending commands flushed on power off cmd_complete_rsp() receives a struct cmd_lookup and, for a pending command that has no cmd_complete callback, falls through to cmd_status_rsp(cmd, data). cmd_status_rsp() reads data as a u8 *, so the status sent comes from the first byte of match->sk's representation, not from match->mgmt_status. commit f53e1c9c726d ("Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible crash on mgmt_index_removed") changed the callers' data from &status to &match and updated the cmd_complete branch to match->mgmt_status, but left the fall-through passing data unchanged. In mgmt_index_removed() match->sk is NULL, so every such command is answered with status 0x00 (Success) instead of MGMT_STATUS_INVALID_INDEX. In __mgmt_power_off() it is NULL too, unless a Set Powered command was pending: then settings_rsp() has stored that command's socket in match->sk, and the byte sent comes from the socket pointer. Either way the status the caller set, MGMT_STATUS_NOT_POWERED (or MGMT_STATUS_INVALID_INDEX when the device is being unregistered), is lost. Pass the status the callers set. This was seen on a QCA9377 laptop: bluetoothd's Start Discovery, pending when the adapter was powered off, was answered with Command Status 0x00 and no parameters, and bluetoothd 5.72 crashed on the zero-length success. BlueZ master has since added the length check on that path ("adapter: Fix crash on short start discovery reply", BlueZ a734b06059cb), but userspace should still be told Not Powered, not Success. Tested on Ubuntu 7.0.0-31 with a virtual controller (hci_vhci): power off is held in HCI Write Scan Enable while a Start Discovery is submitted, and the flush answers it with status 0x00 before this change and 0x0f (Not Powered) after.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 6.1.120 to before 6.1.191; 6.6.55 to before 6.6.160; 6.10.14 to before 6.11; 6.11.3 to before 6.12 | 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.11, 6.12 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 6.12 and later | 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.1.120 to before 6.1.191; 6.6.55 to before 6.6.160; 6.10.14 to before 6.11; 6.11.3 to before 6.12 Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.11, 6.12 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.12 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Fixed Linux kernel versions are 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.11, 6.12, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11 and 7.3. Red Hat's plan is none_available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10 and for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.11, 6.12
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11, 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 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: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99091
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-75m9-vh6c-66mx
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@bbc485ee811a74fc1d4733d0a2b0eb5aeb271a08 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-02 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc485ee811a74fc1d4733d0a2b0eb5aeb271a08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ce36c5789ac84e65de1e98c32db9a5ac04ed47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed7e038b520cf0dfa12d61c2caddb95e2f6922d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec227cddd13cd7ac9077d263a73473ac370a055d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07976405a3c71253e50533ee7b7a8b0dc16ab6ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86ef0f58bdecdedb3a1240971c56d71b7e4ce3fc
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99091 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99091 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-75m9-vh6c-66mx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99091 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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