{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-53256", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.394Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-25T08:39:46.591Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:34:36.875Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:34:36.875Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind()\n\nrfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() scans rfcomm_sk_list under the list lock,\nbut returns the selected listener after dropping that lock without\ntaking a reference. rfcomm_connect_ind() then locks the listener,\nqueues a child socket on it, and may notify it after unlocking it.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\nrfcomm_connect_ind(): listener close:\n 1. Find parent in 1. close() enters\n rfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() rfcomm_sock_release().\n 2. Drop rfcomm_sk_list.lock 2. rfcomm_sock_shutdown()\n without pinning parent. closes the listener.\n 3. Call lock_sock(parent) and 3. rfcomm_sock_kill()\n bt_accept_enqueue(parent, unlinks and puts parent.\n sk, true).\n 4. Read parent flags and may 4. parent can be freed.\n call sk_state_change().\n\nIf close wins the race, parent can be freed before\nrfcomm_connect_ind() reaches lock_sock(), bt_accept_enqueue(), or the\ndeferred-setup callback.\n\nTake a reference on the listener before leaving rfcomm_sk_list.lock.\nAfter lock_sock() succeeds, recheck that it is still in BT_LISTEN\nbefore queueing a child, cache the deferred-setup bit while the parent\nis locked, and drop the reference after the last parent use.\n\nKASAN reported a slab-use-after-free in lock_sock_nested() from\nrfcomm_connect_ind(), with the freeing stack going through\nrfcomm_sock_kill() and rfcomm_sock_release()." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - The vulnerable path is reached by Bluetooth RFCOMM/L2CAP traffic from a nearby peer, so the attacker must be within Bluetooth radio range rather than merely local or internet-routable.\nAC:L - The race is between an inbound RFCOMM connect indication and listener close; an attacker with an unprivileged local RFCOMM listener plus a controlled adjacent Bluetooth peer can drive both sides repeatedly.\nPR:L - Creating, binding, listening on, and closing an RFCOMM stream socket has no CAP_NET_ADMIN gate, so only low local privileges are needed to control the listener side of the race.\nUI:N - No victim user action is required once the vulnerable listener/race setup exists; the attacker drives the RFCOMM connection attempts and close timing.\nS:U - The corruption is within the kernel networking/Bluetooth socket lifetime domain and does not cross a separate security authority such as a VM or IOMMU boundary.\nC:H - This is a slab use-after-free of a kernel struct sock, and the stale pointer is reused for locking, queueing, state checks, and callback-related state, making high confidentiality impact defensible.\nI:H - The stale listener socket can be operated on after free, including accept-queue manipulation and potential callback use, so kernel memory corruption/control-flow exploitation is defensible.\nA:H - KASAN reported a slab-use-after-free in this path, and even non-exploited triggering can crash or oops the kernel." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f5ec76bdbeb80f75ad0be204371afffee0f8fac8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "a07d741c077d4e34b16458241a94d29039386553", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "1f73f92f66251065a5f39b09a47cf05ea14d3107", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "de31973ef00e5aa55496f84cf6a44bb157a34e02", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "b0e33e409715c617e2a20f46f99aa5403a14dfda", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "8802413ce63175fb522a2bd609fb043a3550c720", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "6f4462d12133106460d7c046b95aad2491e3fddf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "43c441edacf953b39517a44f5e5e10a93618b226", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.259", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.210", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.176", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.143", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.94", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.36", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.259" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.210" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.176" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.143" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.94" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.36" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.13" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5ec76bdbeb80f75ad0be204371afffee0f8fac8" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07d741c077d4e34b16458241a94d29039386553" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f73f92f66251065a5f39b09a47cf05ea14d3107" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de31973ef00e5aa55496f84cf6a44bb157a34e02" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e33e409715c617e2a20f46f99aa5403a14dfda" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8802413ce63175fb522a2bd609fb043a3550c720" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f4462d12133106460d7c046b95aad2491e3fddf" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c441edacf953b39517a44f5e5e10a93618b226" } ], "title": "Bluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }