Bluetooth teardown hang via workqueue self-deadlock
Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
A deadlock in the Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI core allows local users to hang Bluetooth device teardown in affected kernels. hci_release_dev() can destroy and flush hdev->req_workqueue while hci_error_reset() is still executing on that same queue, causing self-deadlock. Low-privileged local access is required, and the documented consequence is an availability loss during Bluetooth device release rather than data access or modification.
Summary
What happened
A deadlock in the Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI core allows local users to hang Bluetooth device teardown in affected kernels. hci_release_dev() can destroy and flush hdev->req_workqueue while hci_error_reset() is still executing on that same queue, causing self-deadlock. Low-privileged local access is required, and the documented consequence is an availability loss during Bluetooth device release rather than data access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-41063
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-667, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2449007d3f73b2842c9734f45f0aadb522daf592 <0d151a103775dd9645c78c97f77d6e2a5298d913
- Affected versionversion=2449007d3f73b2842c9734f45f0aadb522daf592 <3f939bd73fed12dddc2a32a76116c19ca47c7678
- Affected versionversion=2ab9a19d896f5a0dd386e1f001c5309bc35f433b <d6cbce18370641a21dd889e8613d8153df15eb39
- Affected versionversion=4.19.309 <4.19.319
- Affected versionversion=45085686b9559bfbe3a4f41d3d695a520668f5e1 <96600c2e5ee8213dbab5df1617293d8e847bb4fa
- Affected versionversion=5.10.212 <5.10.223
- Affected versionversion=5.15.151 <5.15.164
- Affected versionversion=5.4.271 <5.4.281
- Affected versionversion=6.1.81 <6.1.101
- Affected versionversion=6.6.21 <6.6.42
- Affected versionversion=6.7.9 <6.8
- Affected versionversion=6.8
- Affected versionversion=6dd0a9dfa99f8990a08eb8fdd8e79bee31c7d8e2 <ddeda6ca5f218b668b560d90fc31ae469adbfd92
- Affected versionversion=98fb98fd37e42fd4ce13ff657ea64503e24b6090 <9cfc84b1d464cc024286f42a090718f9067b80ed
- Affected versionversion=da4569d450b193e39e87119fd316c0291b585d14 <d2ce562a5aff1dcd0c50d9808ea825ef90da909f
- Affected versionversion=dd594cdc24f2e48dab441732e6dfcafd6b0711d1
- Affected versionversion=e0b278650f07acf2e0932149183458468a731c03 <48542881997e17b49dc16b93fe910e0cfcf7a9f9
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