Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53252
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135492
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53252
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 memory leak in bt_host_release() when handling failed Bluetooth HCI device initialization before hci_register_dev() completes. A local user can trigger device initialization failures to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the unregistered device cleanup path bypasses hci_release_dev(), leaving the SRCU structure allocated in hci_alloc_dev() uncleared.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53252
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0622e527a31d4b44737fed5c1a2ac1fc2cfb5184
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37b3009bf5976e8ab77c8b9a9bc3bbd7ff49e37f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7dfca6f852e6b9d809fd0263b5427cc9fb33fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc2efe73c194a74839d7cf57b63880d97e21d309
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c016118b9e51eeaf5bc93850d4c455a3b583c0aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4b4cac3c5749b6aa75e62e2991ae2263f2f889
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82799407a50af7bcacacf09cc9b279af8fe9b81