Back to CVE records
High 7.8Published Sep 19, 2025

CVE-2025-39861Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early

Updated under an hour ago ()

Does this affect you?

It affects Linux and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early Move the creation of debugfs files into a dedicated function, and ensure they are explicitly removed during vhci_release(), before associated data structures are freed. Previously, debugfs files such as "force_suspend", "force_wakeup", and others were created under hdev->debugfs but not removed in vhci_release(). Since vhci_release() frees the backing vhci_data structure, any access to these files after release would result in use-after-free errors. Although hdev->debugfs is later freed in hci_release_dev(), user can access files after vhci_data is freed but before hdev->debugfs is released.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce before bd75eba88e88d7b896b0c737b02a74a12afc235f; from ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce before 1503756fffe76d5aea2371a4b8dee20c3577bcfd; from ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce before 7cc08f2f127b9a66f46ea918e34353811a7cb378; from ab4e4380d4e158486e595013a2635190e07e28ce before 28010791193a4503f054e8d69a950ef815deb539
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 6.4 before 6.6.105; from 6.7 before 6.12.46; from 6.13 before 6.16.6; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Your cookie choices
We use essential cookies to run this site, and, only with your consent, an advertising cookie from Google to measure whether our ads lead to sign-ups and subscriptions. See our for details.