# CVE-2026-93247: Bluetooth: mgmt: fix 'hdev-\>discovery.uuids' NULL dereference

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.16, 6.17, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 86f3dcd1f331cfd4fd7ec88906955134ec51afbe, fixed in f02c01ccd12cb2b8a290077d4c90f29a6e109b16; from 7ce9bb0b95fc280e9212b8922590c492ca1d9c39, fixed in bbd262d2d750b67b15a5e1008d3848309c87e7a7; from 16852eccbdfaf41a666705e3f8be55cf2864c5ca, fixed in 18fda026a13c5abd6c1e0dfd3549f490b73378fb; from 2935e556850e9c94d7a00adf14d3cd7fe406ac03, fixed in c3f63610bceaa182e4683b23cc47baf36b5f1496; from 2935e556850e9c94d7a00adf14d3cd7fe406ac03, fixed in ee2135a14fb2a3e176149122764d293f0796b1eb; from 2935e556850e9c94d7a00adf14d3cd7fe406ac03, fixed in 59eecbe2f2f38d8f3e1104bd11da97f9a2c58998; from 6.1.159, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.6.117, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.12.42, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.15.10, fixed in 6.16; from 6.16.1, fixed in 6.17
- Linux: 6.17
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.17.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: mgmt: fix 'hdev->discovery.uuids' NULL dereference 'uuid_count' member of struct 'discovery_state' is assigned and read without any locks, so there is a chance of situation when uuid_count != 0, but uuids is NULL and there will be NULL pointer dereference. Possible race: 'hci_update_passive_scan_sync' 'hci_discovery_filter_clear' hdev->discovery.uuid_count = 0; <----------------------preempted-----------------------------> 'start_service_discovery' // Set uuid_count to value != 0 hdev->discovery.uuid_count = uuid_count; hdev->discovery.uuids = kmemdup(...); <----------------------preempted-----------------------------> spin_lock(&hdev->discovery.lock); kfree(hdev->discovery.uuids); hdev->discovery.uuids = NULL; spin_unlock(&hdev->discovery.lock); Now uuids == NULL and uuid_count != 0. So 'mgmt_device_found' -> 'is_filter_match' -> 'eir_has_uuids' receives non consistent discovery state, where NULL dereference of uuids happens. To fix it let's add discovery.lock around every read/write of uuid_count, uuids pair of struct members. It is also important to assign uuid_count value only after success kmemdup() allocation in start_service_discovery(), otherwise uuids is NULL, because kmemdup failed, but uuid_count is already assigned to non zero value. The following panic happens: [ ] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ ] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ ] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ ] CPU: 0 PID: 15056 Comm: kworker/u9:2 [ ] Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work [ ] pstate: 10400009 (nzcV daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ ] pc : eir_has_uuids+0x2d8/0x590 [ ] lr : is_filter_match+0x258/0x320 ... [ ] Call trace: [ ] eir_has_uuids+0x2d8/0x590 [ ] is_filter_match+0x258/0x320 [ ] mgmt_device_found+0x5b0/0xafc [ ] process_adv_report.part.0+0x8c8/0xf14 [ ] hci_le_adv_report_evt+0x338/0x3f0 [ ] hci_le_meta_evt+0x1f0/0x4c8 [ ] hci_event_packet+0x440/0xc9c [ ] hci_rx_work+0x44c/0xaf8 [ ] process_one_work+0x54c/0x103c [ ] worker_thread+0x6c4/0x10c4 [ ] kthread+0x274/0x2ec [ ] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ ] Code: 14000004 91004021 eb14003f 54000180 (f9400024) [ ] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.16, 6.17) per the references below.
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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f02c01ccd12cb2b8a290077d4c90f29a6e109b16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbd262d2d750b67b15a5e1008d3848309c87e7a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18fda026a13c5abd6c1e0dfd3549f490b73378fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f63610bceaa182e4683b23cc47baf36b5f1496
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2135a14fb2a3e176149122764d293f0796b1eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59eecbe2f2f38d8f3e1104bd11da97f9a2c58998

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