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Advisory severityMedium5.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-64406] fix UAF in bt_accept_dequeue

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-64406 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat package: kernel.

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CVE-2026-64406
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Red Hat LinuxLinux Kernel
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix UAF in bt_accept_dequeue() bt_accept_get() takes a temporary reference before dropping the accept queue lock. bt_accept_dequeue() currently drops that reference before bt_accept_unlink(), leaving only the queue reference. bt_accept_unlink() drops the queue reference.

The subsequent sock_hold() therefore accesses freed memory if it was the final reference, as observed by KASAN during listening L2CAP socket cleanup. Retain the temporary queue-walk reference through unlink and hand it to the caller on success.

Drop it explicitly on the closed and not-yet-connected paths. This use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the `bt_accept_dequeue()` function occurs because a temporary reference is prematurely dropped, leading to `sock_hold()` accessing freed memory.

An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS) or other unpredictable system behavior. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-825. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel.

Affected versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

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