CVE-2026-53073
Bluetooth: hci_ldisc: Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT on error
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
24 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_ldisc: Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT on error
When hci_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_register_dev()
HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT is not cleared before calling hu->proto->close(hu)
and setting hu->hdev to NULL. This means incoming UART data will reach
the protocol-specific recv handler in hci_uart_tty_receive() after
resources are freed.
Clear HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT with a write lock before calling
hu->proto->close() and setting hu->hdev to NULL. The write lock ensures
all active readers have completed and no new reader can enter the
protocol recv path before resources are freed.
This allows the protocol-specific recv functions to remove the
"HCI_UART_REGISTERED" guard without risking a null pointer dereference
if hci_register_dev() fails.
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/194f029a4d7f739e44ebc1f473120187b4de5104https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/356dee1bcac4d0d9152390561fa63331ebff211bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3daa5818e473ed60eb69d8b5c71b651909d28c5ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d39ea5e0adc9ecaea1ce8abd842ec972eb8718https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a673cf6c4ac702cb79ac1f4d7fc4de763a6a3e40https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb39b2d81731b83ee71a1ba6dd0291a57b5ac07https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4033fb85ccaaf6c3983be3c7b037e48253d232https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b69c35813c432973d340d3600c01de106ed474