Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64470

 

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64470

Published: July 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU139466
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64470
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a use-after-free.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the btusb probe path in drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c when handling probe failures after Marvell OOB wakeup configuration. A local user can trigger a device probe failure after TX URBs have been submitted to cause a use-after-free.

The issue occurs in the completion callback for submitted TX URBs.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64470

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3

External References

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