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CVE-2026-99010

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-23
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received

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CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
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Not scored
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 10.5%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
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Not listed

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner rfcomm_recv_data() hands the skb to d->data_ready() and returns 0 without freeing it, so the callback owns the skb from that point on. The tty implementation frees it when the DLC has been detached from its device: static void rfcomm_dev_data_ready(struct rfcomm_dlc *dlc, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct rfcomm_dev *dev = dlc->owner; if (!dev) { kfree_skb(skb); return; } The socket implementation returns without freeing it, and the skb is leaked. A connected DLC can have no owner: rfcomm_sock_destruct() clears d->owner, while the DLC itself stays on the session until it is closed. Data frames that arrive in that window still find d->state == BT_CONNECTED in rfcomm_recv_data() and are handed to the callback, one leaked skb each. The leak does not stop on its own either. The remote runs out of credits only once RFCOMM_RX_THROTTLED is set, and for a socket the only place that sets it is rfcomm_sk_data_ready() itself, below the return. rfcomm_process_dlcs() keeps granting credits, so the remote keeps sending and the leak keeps growing. Free the skb, as the tty side does.

Affected products and packages

CNA (CVE.org)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 … < a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9
affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 … < c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99
affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 … < 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544
affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 … < b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aef
affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 … < 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
affected: 2.6.12
unaffected: 0 … < 2.6.12
unaffected: 6.6.160 … <= 6.6.*
unaffected: 6.12.113 … <= 6.12.*
unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.*
unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.*
unaffected: 7.3 … <= *
default: affected

Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9; < c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99; < 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544; < b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aef; < 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93
v6.6.159, v7.3-rc1, v6.6.158, v7.2.10, v6.18.56, v6.12.112, v7.2.9, v6.18.55, v7.2.8, v6.18.54, v6.12.111, v6.6.157, v7.2, v7.2.7, v6.18.53, v7.3-rc2, v7.2.6, v6.18.52, v6.12.110, v7.2.5, … (+1243)
a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9, c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99, 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544, b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aef, 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93
LinuxKernel>= 2.6.12, < 6.6.160; >= 6.7.0, < 6.12.113; >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.116.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11

Linux distribution status

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Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxopen not yet assigned
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxresolved not yet assigned6.12.113-1

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References (8)