# CVE-2024-49951: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible crash on mgmt\_index\_removed

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible crash on mgmt_index_removed If mgmt_index_removed is called while there are commands queued on cmd_sync it could lead to crashes like the bellow trace: 0x0000053D: __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x98/0xdc 0x0000053D: mgmt_pending_remove+0x18/0x58 [bluetooth] 0x0000053E: mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0x80/0x108 [bluetooth] 0x0000053E: hci_cmd_sync_work+0xbc/0x164 [bluetooth] So while handling mgmt_index_removed this attempts to dequeue commands passed as user_data to cmd_sync.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b40ca62607cef78369549d1af091f2fd558931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4883296505aa7e4863c6869b689afb6005633b23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cc47233af35fb5f10b5e6a027cb4ccd480caf9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c3f7943a29145d8a2d8e24893762f7673323eae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f53e1c9c726d83092167f2226f32bd3b73f26c21

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