Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68391

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU141659

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68391

Published: August 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141659
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-2026-68391
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 use-after-free in the Bluetooth management subsystem in net/bluetooth/mgmt.c when handling Bluetooth management operations involving pending command callbacks and connection lookups. A local user can trigger connection state changes during these operations to cause a denial of service.

The issue involves dereferencing RCU-protected hci_conn pointers outside critical sections and accessing connection state without the required device lock, which can also lead to a data race.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Development Tools Module
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-obs-build
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-base
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-docs
kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-64k-devel-matched (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-cross-headers (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-libs-devel (Red Hat package)
libperf (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-libs (Red Hat package)
kernel-uki-virt (Red Hat package)
kernel-uki-virt-addons (Red Hat package)
kernel-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-devel-matched (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-uki-virt (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 (Red Hat package)
kernel-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-devel-matched (Red Hat package)
kernel-headers (Red Hat package)
kernel-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-modules-extra-matched (Red Hat package)
python3-perf (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-debug (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt-64k (Red Hat package)
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 (Red Hat package)
kernel-64k-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-64k-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched (Red Hat package)
kernel-64k-debug-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-core (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-devel (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched (Red Hat package)
kernel-zfcpdump-modules (Red Hat package)
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x (Red Hat package)
perf (Red Hat package)
rtla (Red Hat package)
rv (Red Hat package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-68391

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-147.147, 7.0.0-38.38, 7.0.0-38.38.1, 7.0.0-1008.9, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.68
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.67
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.76
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1062.63
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1052.56
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1066.74
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1.21.35, 6.4.0-52.1.21.36, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-64k-devel-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-cross-headers (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-tools-libs-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
libperf (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-tools (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-tools-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-tools-libs (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-uki-virt (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-uki-virt-addons (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-devel-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debug-uki-virt (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-devel-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-headers (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-modules-extra-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
python3-perf (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-debug (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-rt-64k (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-64k-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-64k-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-64k-debug-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-core (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-devel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-zfcpdump-modules (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
perf (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
rtla (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
rv (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1036.39+1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1

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