# CVE-2022-49139: Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci\_sync\_conn\_complete\_evt

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.30

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt This event is just specified for SCO and eSCO link types. On the reception of a HCI_Synchronous_Connection_Complete for a BDADDR of an existing LE connection, LE link type and a status that triggers the second case of the packet processing a NULL pointer dereference happens, as conn->link is NULL.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1291a84e94f6501644634c97544bb8291e9a1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9db1209f59844839175b5b907d3778cafde93d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1aa0dd52db4ce888be0bd820c3fa918d350ca0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f61c23e73dc653b957781066abfa8105c3fa3f5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afee2118132e93e5f6fa636dfde86201a860ab3

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