Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63946
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138699
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63946
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in iso_recv_frame in the Bluetooth ISO subsystem when processing received Bluetooth ISO frames. A local user can trigger concurrent socket teardown and frame handling to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires a race condition between frame reception and iso_sock_kill() freeing the socket.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-63946
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119fb6f80c44dc1c65d604cf28e64c56bd9b6568
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6b803b00ccdd7666506adbe01ddae1c72d1ca9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47f23a259517abbdb8032c057a1e8a6bf3734878
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b04ec131325baf4ea4577d6c6e6b86cf092e3731
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c318aa51830a3d2cc1229968fe521441c97356cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57ea90f203c8b8b41a474f19a09000d0f841436