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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-53276",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.395Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-06-25T08:39:59.804Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:34:52.648Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: ISO: Fix a use-after-free of the hci_conn pointer\n\nIn iso_sock_rebind_bc(), the bis pointer is cached, then the socket lock is\ndropped:\n\tbis = iso_pi(sk)->conn->hcon;\n\t/* Release the socket before lookups since that requires hci_dev_lock\n\t * which shall not be acquired while holding sock_lock for proper\n\t * ordering.\n\t */\n\trelease_sock(sk);\n\thci_dev_lock(bis->hdev);\n\nDuring the unlocked window, could a concurrent close() destroy the connection\nand free the bis structure, causing hci_dev_lock(bis->hdev) to access memory\nafter it is freed, fix this by using the hdev reference which was safely\nacquired via iso_conn_get_hdev()."
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                        "version": "3.1",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "baseScore": 7.8,
                        "baseSeverity": "HIGH"
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                            "lang": "en",
                            "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is reached through local AF_BLUETOOTH ISO socket operations, specifically bind() rebinding on an already connected or CONNECT2 ISO socket. An adjacent Bluetooth peer may be involved in establishing BIS/PAST state, but the actual trigger is a local syscall/race, not an unauthenticated received packet alone.\nAC:L - The bug is a use-after-free race where the rebind path drops the socket lock and a concurrent close can free the cached hci_conn pointer. A local attacker can control both sides by using concurrent operations on their own socket, so no uncontrollable condition is required.\nPR:L - The ISO socket create/bind/connect/rebind path has no CAP_NET_ADMIN or CAP_NET_RAW check, but it requires the attacker to run local code and create/use a Bluetooth ISO socket. This is therefore basic unprivileged local access rather than real administrative privilege.\nUI:N - No victim user action is required once the attacker can run local code; the attacker can create the socket state and trigger the concurrent bind/close race themselves.\nS:U - The vulnerable code is in the kernel Bluetooth stack and impacts the same kernel security authority. There is no VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-scope boundary indicated.\nC:H - This is a use-after-free of an hci_conn pointer, and under the required higher-severity rule UAFs are treated as capable of enabling memory disclosure through heap reuse and object manipulation.\nI:H - A kernel use-after-free can potentially be shaped into control-flow or data-structure corruption via heap spraying/reuse. Under the required higher-severity rule, this supports high integrity impact.\nA:H - The stale hci_conn dereference can access freed memory while taking hci_dev_lock(bis->hdev), which can oops or panic the kernel. A repeatable local trigger gives high availability impact."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d324b8aa20bd3c3394e3647dc22491d88f3f4e7a"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50331f2a1441ec49988832c3a95f2edacc47322"
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