SB20260812344 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel bluetooth rfcomm
Published: August 12, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68188)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in rfcomm_tty_set_termios() and rfcomm_send_rpn() when handling TTY ioctl requests on an RFCOMM device during a concurrent session teardown. A local user can trigger a race condition to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
The issue is caused by concurrent access to dlc->session without proper locking while krfcommd can unlink the DLC and free the associated session.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2894bd8c68e97accd758ca6e5fc375d7e9e8882c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780b04d09c941262ee2a2b4a09906451b69df8a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bc68194e37bfa5e8ddc80b5c1eb0be4dc607ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82a9d3891f5607030b0672c255087a12bb9837b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c783399efc22d035443f1dfbf2a09bf9562aaa5e