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CVE-2026-74539 (GCVE-0-2026-74539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:48
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: lock sk in iso_sock_getname
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: lock sk in iso_sock_getname Accessing iso_pi(sk)->conn requires lock_sock, which is not held here. Fix by adding the lock/release.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 2df108c227b266a9ec9e3fda3828d2ac9662aa33 , < 72d5bb1d77d7c3330146dc0cfd43f704c64b9594 (git)
Affected: 2df108c227b266a9ec9e3fda3828d2ac9662aa33 , < 202670e6602e068558c1fca2df40719ee91a2906 (git)
Affected: 2df108c227b266a9ec9e3fda3828d2ac9662aa33 , < 89cf154d7c18e6e94a3da83051f3cf2bac317ae2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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