# CVE-2022-50386: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free This uses l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() after calling __l2cap_get_chan_blah() to prevent the following trace: Bluetooth: l2cap_core.c:static void l2cap_chan_destroy(struct kref *kref) Bluetooth: chan 0000000023c4974d Bluetooth: parent 00000000ae861c08 ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_waiter_is_first kernel/locking/mutex.c:191 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:671 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0x278/0x400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888006a49b08 by task kworker/u3:2/389

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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/11e40d6c0823f699d8ad501e48d1c3ae4be386cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/843fc4e386dd84b806a7f07fb062d8c3a44e5364
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91fc2836562f299f34e361e089e9fe154da4f73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6f9cb24d2b2f6b6370eac074e2e6b1bafdad45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c108cf3ad386e0084277093b55a351c49e0be27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1e894f950ad48897d1a7cb05909ea29d8c3810e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ffde6e03085874ae22263ff4cef4869f797e84f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fc21695eb606bdc5d483b92118ee42610a952d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35fcbc4243aad7e7d020b7c1dfb14bb888b20a4f

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