# CVE-2022-50374: Bluetooth: hci\_{ldisc,serdev}: check percpu\_init\_rwsem() failure

- 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
- Fixed in: 4.15
- Published: 2025-09-17 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.14.63, fixed in 4.15
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_{ldisc,serdev}: check percpu_init_rwsem() failure syzbot is reporting NULL pointer dereference at hci_uart_tty_close() [1], for rcu_sync_enter() is called without rcu_sync_init() due to hci_uart_tty_open() ignoring percpu_init_rwsem() failure. While we are at it, fix that hci_uart_register_device() ignores percpu_init_rwsem() failure and hci_uart_unregister_device() does not call percpu_free_rwsem().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.15) per the references below.
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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/d7cc0d51ffcbfd1caaa809fcf9cff05c46d0fb4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8917dce2134739b39bc0a5648b18427f2cad569
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75b2c71ea581c7bb1303860d89366a42ad0506d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ce10f3f345e61fc6c83bff9cd11cda252b05ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3124d320c22f3f4388d9ac5c8f37eaad0cefd6b1

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