Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64408
Published: July 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU139562
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-2026-64408
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 denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in bnep_add_connection() during network device registration when handling a concurrent controller teardown. A local user can trigger a race condition to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64408
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390b5db3ff8745187f094c4e915663b7b1f98944
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a88784c4c9b96954dd86f747ce93f65efa1302
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551ae773ec64045b4e72099132654887e0270bcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/563a8573047182f550b1e1e030615755cd8c41da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b22dbd80926556290ad2243be25218d6956a19
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae215c5b6422d8eda443b861b124bd1be6969c31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb067a99a0356196c0b89a95721985485ebce5a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22adc7eafc22e651561813c11dc51a796b12ee