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CVE-2026-43023

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_con

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_connect() checks sk_state and sk_type without holding the socket lock. Two concurrent connect() syscalls on the same socket can both pass the check and enter sco_connect(), leading to use-after-free. The buggy scenario involves three participants and was confirmed with additional logging instrumentation: Thread A (connect): HCI disconnect: Thread B (connect): sco_sock_connect(sk) sk_state==BT_OPEN (pass, no lock) (pass, no lock) sco_connect(sk): hci_dev_lock hci_connect_sco - blocked - hcon1 sco_conn_add-conn1 lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_add: conn1-sk = sk sk-conn = conn1 sk_state=BT_CONNECT release_sock hci_dev_unlock hci_dev_lock sco_conn_del: lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_del: sk-conn=NULL conn1-sk=NULL sk_state= BT_CLOSED SOCK_ZAPPED release_sock hci_dev_unlock (unblocked) hci_connect_sco - hcon2 sco_conn_add - conn2 lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_add: sk-conn=conn2 sk_state= BT_CONNECT // zombie sk! release_sock hci_dev_unlock Thread B revives a BT_CLOSED + SOCK_ZAPPED socket back to BT_CONNECT.

Subsequent cleanup triggers double sock_put() and use-after-free. Meanwhile conn1 is leaked as it was orphaned when sco_conn_del() cleared the association. Fix this by: - Moving lock_sock() before the sk_state/sk_type checks in sco_sock_connect() to serialize concurrent connect attempts - Fixing the sk_type != SOCK_SEQPACKET check to actually return the error instead of just assigning it - Adding a state re-check in sco_connect() after lock_sock() to catch state changes during the window between the locks - Adding sco_pi(sk)-conn check in sco_chan_add() to prevent double-attach of a socket to multiple connections - Adding hci_conn_drop() on sco_chan_add failure to prevent HCI connection leaks.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00014
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

6
linux kernel>= 6.1.109 and < 6.1.168
linux kernel>= 6.3.1 and < 6.6.134
linux kernel>= 6.7 and < 6.12.81
linux kernel>= 6.13 and < 6.18.22
linux kernel>= 6.19 and < 6.19.12
linux kernelall versions

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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Low High
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None Low High
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None Required
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Unchanged Changed
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None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD01 May 2026 · 03:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2026:21557Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:21556Moderate
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