Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53073
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135241
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53073
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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 in the Bluetooth hci_ldisc subsystem when processing incoming UART data after device registration fails. A local user can trigger device registration failure and subsequent UART data handling to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because protocol-specific receive handlers may be reached after resources have been freed.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53073
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/194f029a4d7f739e44ebc1f473120187b4de5104
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/356dee1bcac4d0d9152390561fa63331ebff211b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3daa5818e473ed60eb69d8b5c71b651909d28c5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d39ea5e0adc9ecaea1ce8abd842ec972eb8718
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a673cf6c4ac702cb79ac1f4d7fc4de763a6a3e40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb39b2d81731b83ee71a1ba6dd0291a57b5ac07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4033fb85ccaaf6c3983be3c7b037e48253d232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b69c35813c432973d340d3600c01de106ed474