SB20260720282 - Race condition in Linux kernel bluetooth
Published: July 20, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63945)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition leading to a null pointer dereference or use-after-free in iso_sock_clear_timer in the Bluetooth ISO socket handling code when closing a socket concurrently with connection deletion. A local user can trigger concurrent socket operations to cause a denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f68f36d9883d56dec21cf85f7556d4657fc393
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b5f8e608749b7e8fa386c6e4301cf9272595859
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51cb9dcfdf9a1bccf312ab2ae4b62db629f7dcd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996c2104d0726a8fe584f85b3d6327197374a348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc08c15746f25f41dd0508b25780d1e84acbb2ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9cbf7144ec589a3f0cc91f74a1a1af2d2b14afa