Bug 2439926 (CVE-2026-23151)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-23151 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in Bluetooth MGMT can lead to denial of service | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
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| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth Management (MGMT) component. This vulnerability, a memory leak, allows a local user with elevated privileges to cause the kernel to consume an increasing amount of memory. The issue stems from mgmt_pending_cmd structures not being properly released after certain Bluetooth operations. Over time, this can lead to system instability, resource exhaustion, and ultimately a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete() where mgmt_pending_cmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 ("Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs") replaced mgmt_pending_foreach() calls with individual command handling but missed adding mgmt_pending_free() calls in both error and success paths of set_ssp_complete(). Other completion functions like set_le_complete() were fixed correctly in the same commit. This causes a memory leak of the mgmt_pending_cmd structure and its associated parameter data for each SSP command that completes. Add the missing mgmt_pending_free(cmd) calls in both code paths to fix the memory leak. Also fix the same issue in set_advertising_complete().