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CVE-2026-31500

Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock

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Fix
Fixed in 6.1.175, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock btintel_hw_error() issues two __hci_cmd_sync() calls (HCI_OP_RESET and Intel exception-info retrieval) without holding hci_req_sync_lock(). This lets it race against hci_dev_do_close() -> btintel_shutdown_combined(), which also runs __hci_cmd_sync() under the same lock. When both paths manipulate hdev->req_status/req_rsp concurrently, the close path may free the response skb first, and the still-running hw_error path hits a slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb(). Wrap the whole recovery sequence in hci_req_sync_lock/unlock so it is serialized with every other synchronous HCI command issuer. Below is the data race report and the kasan report: BUG: data-race in __hci_cmd_sync_sk / btintel_shutdown_combined read of hdev->req_rsp at net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:199 by task kworker/u17:1/83: __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200 __hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223 btintel_hw_error+0x114/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:254 hci_error_reset+0x348/0xa30 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1030 write/free by task ioctl/22580: btintel_shutdown_combined+0xd0/0x360 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:3648 hci_dev_close_sync+0x9ae/0x2c10 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5246 hci_dev_do_close+0x232/0x460 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_skb_reason_drop+0x43/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1202 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888144a738dc by task kworker/u17:1/83: __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200 __hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223 btintel_hw_error+0x186/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:260

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in 7e041d0aad1d4d43d921ace052e04f4e2cacaed3; From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in 5f84e845648dfa86e42de5487f1a774b42f0444d; From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in e10a4cb72468686ffbe8bb2b0520e37f6be1a0c5; From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in 66696648af477dc87859e5e4b607112f5f29d010; From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in f7d84737663ad4a120d2d8ef1561a4df91282c2e; From 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 · fixed in 94d8e6fe5d0818e9300e514e095a200bd5ff93ae

  • Linux Linux

    4.3

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.3.0 · fixed in 6.1.175; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.131; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.80; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.21; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 6.19.11

References 6

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