CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98632
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: mgmt: Dequeue pending mesh_send_sync entries on cancel
In send_cancel(), pending mesh_tx objects are removed from the
hdev->mesh_pending list and freed via mesh_send_complete(). However, if
a mesh transmission was already queued onto hdev->cmd_sync_work_list via
mesh_next(), the queued entry retains a raw pointer to mesh_tx.
When hci_cmd_sync_work later processes the entry, it attempts to execute
mesh_send_sync and its destroy callback mesh_send_start_complete using
the already freed mesh_tx pointer, leading to a use-after-free.
Fix this by invoking hci_cmd_sync_dequeue() for mesh_send_sync on the
target mesh_tx before completing it. If the entry is found and dequeued,
its destroy callback will complete and free the object; otherwise,
mesh_send_complete() is called directly.
Additionally, ensure the transmission queue advances after cancellation
or errors. In mesh_send_start_complete(), call mesh_next() on error
unless err is -ECANCELED, because hci_cmd_sync_dequeue() holds
hdev->cmd_sync_work_lock and calling mesh_next() synchronously would
deadlock. Instead, advance the queue in send_cancel() once the lock is
released and if no transmission is in progress.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ced4687fb79286be7fdee0fc58d2c74de3e7bb git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/084be90948632a5a358821e687b11a14445aae76 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2189a219397d8e73808a67c4aade837b635705da git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/718a8ffa180d469f99ad4f746f00cafd39456415 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71af682ba4692c2ed9ace4c3d4ca462ae368c029 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84e52829021d00bca8e067302f597c71af1f71a git.kernel.org