High severity · published Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2026-23461
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in hci_chan_del"), l2cap_conn_del() uses conn->lock to protect access to conn->users. However, l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() don't use conn->lock, creating a race condition where these functions can access conn->users and conn->hchan concurrently with l2cap_conn_del(). This can lead to use-after-free and list corruption bugs, as reported by syzbot. Fix this by changing l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() to use conn->lock instead of hci_dev_lock(), ensuring consistent locking for the l2cap_conn structure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.6.84 before 6.6.130; 6.12.20 before 6.12.78; 6.13.8 before 6.14; 6.14.1 before 6.18.20; 6.19 before 6.19.10; 6.14; +9 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
efc30877bd4bc85fefe98d80af60fafc86e5775e before 11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d; f87271d21dd4ee83857ca11b94e7b4952749bbae before c22a5e659959eb77c2fbb58a5adfaf3c3dab7abf; ab4eedb790cae44313759b50fe47da285e2519d5 before da3000cbe4851458a22be38bb18c0689c39fdd5f; ab4eedb790cae44313759b50fe47da285e2519d5 before 71030f3b3015a412133a805ff47970cdcf30c2b8; ab4eedb790cae44313759b50fe47da285e2519d5 before 752a6c9596dd25efd6978a73ff21f3b592668f4a; 18ab6b6078fa8191ca30a3065d57bf35d5635761; +4 more · source: vendor