CVE-2026-63945 (GCVE-0-2026-63945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:55 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:37
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: serialize iso_sock_clear_timer with socket lock
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: serialize iso_sock_clear_timer with socket lock iso_sock_close() calls iso_sock_clear_timer() before acquiring lock_sock(sk). iso_sock_clear_timer() reads iso_pi(sk)->conn twice without the socket lock held: if (!iso_pi(sk)->conn) return; cancel_delayed_work(&iso_pi(sk)->conn->timeout_work); Concurrently, iso_conn_del() executes under lock_sock(sk) and calls iso_chan_del(), which sets iso_pi(sk)->conn to NULL and may result in the final reference to the connection being dropped: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- iso_sock_clear_timer() if (conn != NULL) ... lock_sock(sk) iso_chan_del() iso_pi(sk)->conn = NULL cancel_delayed_work(conn) /* NULL deref or UAF */ iso_pi(sk)->conn is not stable across the unlock window, causing a NULL pointer dereference or use-after-free. Serialize iso_sock_clear_timer() with the socket lock by moving it inside lock_sock()/release_sock(), matching the pattern used in iso_conn_del() and all other call sites.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < d9cbf7144ec589a3f0cc91f74a1a1af2d2b14afa (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 35f68f36d9883d56dec21cf85f7556d4657fc393 (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 996c2104d0726a8fe584f85b3d6327197374a348 (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < bc08c15746f25f41dd0508b25780d1e84acbb2ef (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 51cb9dcfdf9a1bccf312ab2ae4b62db629f7dcd5 (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 4b5f8e608749b7e8fa386c6e4301cf9272595859 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.176 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.93 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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