Kernel memory read via unlocked LE list reset
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel Bluetooth stack allows local users to read freed kernel memory through a debugfs reset race. The hci_cc_reset function clears LE accept and resolving lists without hdev->lock while debugfs readers traverse entries under that lock. Exploitation requires a concurrent list read and Bluetooth reset completion; the demonstrated consequence is a stale list-entry read.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel Bluetooth stack allows local users to read freed kernel memory through a debugfs reset race. The hci_cc_reset function clears LE accept and resolving lists without hdev->lock while debugfs readers traverse entries under that lock. Exploitation requires a concurrent list read and Bluetooth reset completion; the demonstrated consequence is a stale list-entry read.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80764
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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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=0de8cd646b0152c9ddd10257d8284938d0df0181
- Affected versionversion=3.18.3 <3.19
- Affected versionversion=3.19
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <0628cc9b2fa29985a7b8c774741f8a736b0f5e7c
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <25b05e3ce31d954540e99954bcc66cbceb27ab35
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <33af47e847fe4a28b109673affb5874015d54f5a
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <39a3afb91be3cb465f46ce7a8e5696d9e33edf93
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <8e68c380290b1dd64a0a512ce66d0264130c46ed
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <b55e83a4ba31d40deae22d4e4dc8c84083e953c6
- Affected versionversion=a4d5504d5c39cc84f1f828e19967595597a8136e <d57702d4c55633c243da5a2fec37ae2ad4adb621
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