Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53252

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135492

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53252

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Linux kernel
openEuler
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157

• 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

• Memory leak in Linux kernel bluetooth
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel