CVE-2026-98632: vulnerability in Linux
Bluetooth: mgmt: Dequeue pending mesh_send_sync entries on cancel
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: mgmt: Dequeue pending mesh_send_sync entries on cancel
In send_cancel(), pending mesh_tx objects are removed from the
hdev->mesh_pending list and freed via mesh_send_complete(). However, if
a mesh transmission was already queued onto hdev->cmd_sync_work_list via
mesh_next(), the queued entry retains a raw pointer to mesh_tx.
When hci_cmd_sync_work later processes the entry, it attempts to execute
mesh_send_sync and its destroy callback mesh_send_start_complete using
the already freed mesh_tx pointer, leading to a use-after-free.
Fix this by invoking hci_cmd_sync_dequeue() for mesh_send_sync on the
target mesh_tx before completing it. If the entry is found and dequeued,
its destroy callback will complete and free the object; otherwise,
mesh_send_complete() is called directly.
Additionally, ensure the transmission queue advances after cancellation
or errors. In mesh_send_start_complete(), call mesh_next() on error
unless err is -ECANCELED, because hci_cmd_sync_dequeue() holds
hdev->cmd_sync_work_lock and calling mesh_next() synchronously would
deadlock. Instead, advance the queue in send_cancel() once the lock is
released and if no transmission is in progress.
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ced4687fb79286be7fdee0fc58d2c74de3e7bbhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/084be90948632a5a358821e687b11a14445aae76https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2189a219397d8e73808a67c4aade837b635705dahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/718a8ffa180d469f99ad4f746f00cafd39456415https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71af682ba4692c2ed9ace4c3d4ca462ae368c029https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84e52829021d00bca8e067302f597c71af1f71a