Kernel use-after-free read via Bluetooth accept-list race
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Use-after-free in Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI suspend handling allows attackers to trigger an invalid read through an accept-list race. hci_update_event_filter_sync() retains an accept-list node across a synchronous controller wait while remove_device() can delete and free that node under a different lock. The race requires Bluetooth suspend processing and concurrent accept-list removal; the published result is a KASAN-detected eight-byte kernel read, with no demonstrated code execution or disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI suspend handling allows attackers to trigger an invalid read through an accept-list race. hci_update_event_filter_sync() retains an accept-list node across a synchronous controller wait while remove_device() can delete and free that node under a different lock. The race requires Bluetooth suspend processing and concurrent accept-list removal; the published result is a KASAN-detected eight-byte kernel read, with no demonstrated code execution or disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80762
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-416
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <29c59212a507804d7616b8abf491d30b4ab8e75f
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <87ad116ac3abc6f2ce2b5b6c488f633003581eee
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <95bb57bc11a91caf042ad00fca85e480d3fda37f
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <b5181516a9f5c2fdb3271cdad72a5b16c6963a44
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <bb5f5414d1a6272a16f68684e998f4063dd19f57
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <f57b399c4fa1501b2d5451f52d861ece86bcf3db
- Affected versionversion=182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 <fe93a697a7a92fa9adf78c9ff67a10db3193290c
- Affected versionversion=5.17
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