High 8.0Published Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-90091Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix race l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() vs. put_chan

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix race l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() vs. put_chan For L2CAP sockets without owning sk->sk_socket, reading l2cap_pi(sk)->chan may race against concurrent l2cap_sock_kill() -> l2cap_sock_put_chan(). This excludes simultaneous proto_ops callbacks, but access in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() has unsafe lockless read. [Task 1] [Task 2 (hdev->workqueue)] l2cap_sock_release(parent) l2cap_disconn_cfm l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen l2cap_conn_del bt_accept_dequeue l2cap_chan_del lock_sock(sk) l2cap_sock_teardown_cb bt_accept_unlink bt_sk(sk)->parent = NULL release_sock(sk) ----------------> lock_sock(sk) parent = /* NULL */ lock_sock(sk) <--------------------- release_sock(sk) sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED) l2cap_sock_close_cb l2cap_sock_kill(sk) l2cap_sock_put_chan chan = READ l2cap_pi(sk)->chan l2cap_pi(sk)->chan = NULL l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero l2cap_put_chan(chan) kref_get_unless_zero(&chan->ref) Task 1 may observe NULL which causes null-ptr-deref. Fix the race by taking lock_sock() in l2cap_sock_kill() to synchronize with l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen(). hold_unless_zero() is not needed here, l2cap_pi(sk)->chan owns reference if it is non-NULL. Clarify code comments vs. locking.

CVSS: 8.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from b39298044e5534612511a2ff5de03ba5f6e7a820 before 827de6bd2865b22aaabd554540def3b8a33018ab; 8c37e4338c801ebb8cee52436c01c41e009f6e87 builds before 7c7ac736b50fa259ed1bdddc18d79523f07c0442; 84e718b6a814edc84159361f9f454a4e92ae91ae builds before 4f8c63fe0097c9f6ea34409f82f79b3894903d91; from 36da806f7fbaee56ad9e81859deec203f9728700 before 61d5ddbd524c715b224cbe7e9f01da4e05098b19; from 6fef032af0092ed5ccb767239a9ac1bc38c08a40 before 32a7bc6e93be36b37fe61f351d312d358195bd61; from 6fef032af0092ed5ccb767239a9ac1bc38c08a40 before 66d6ef18548ae6d7dd452b84115fc82c0a73a4ea; 733e76e74e406c1d1ddc7369420dd8a47f48bb8a; from 6.1.178 before 6.1.188; and 4 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/827de6bd2865b22aaabd554540def3b8a33018ab
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7ac736b50fa259ed1bdddc18d79523f07c0442
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8c63fe0097c9f6ea34409f82f79b3894903d91
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d5ddbd524c715b224cbe7e9f01da4e05098b19
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a7bc6e93be36b37fe61f351d312d358195bd61
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66d6ef18548ae6d7dd452b84115fc82c0a73a4ea

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