🛡️ CVE-2025-39982 — kernel
Description
Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix UAF in hci_acl_create_conn_sync
This fixes the following UFA in hci_acl_create_conn_sync where a
connection still pending is command submission (conn->state == BT_OPEN)
maybe freed, also since this also can happen with the likes of
hci_le_create_conn_sync fix it as well:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861
Write of size 2 at addr ffff88805ffcc038 by task kworker/u11:2/9541
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9541 Comm: kworker/u11:2 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7 #3 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci3 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593
hci_acl_create_conn_sync+0x5ef/0x790 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:6861
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x210/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16-rc7/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Allocated by task 123736:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4359
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
__hci_conn_add+0x233/0x1b30 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:939
hci_conn_add_unset net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1051 [inline]
hci_connect_acl+0x16c/0x4e0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1634
pair_device+0x418/0xa70 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:3556
hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727
sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 103680:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline]
kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4842
device_release+0x9c/0x1c0
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x22b/0x480 lib/kobject.c:737
hci_conn_cleanup net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:175 [inline]
hci_conn_del+0x8ff/0xcb0 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1173
hci_conn_complete_evt+0x3c7/0x1040 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3199
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7477 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0x7e0/0x1200 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7531
hci_rx_work+0x46a/0xe80 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/sour
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How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
Affected software
CVE-2025-39982 is recorded against 2 packages.
- kernel (from 6.13.0 up to 6.16.10)
- unknown
Timeline and source
Published on 15 October 2025 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)
CVE-2025-39982 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.13.0 | 6.16.10 |
| unknown | — | — |
References
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