Bug 2532060 (CVE-2026-89569)

Summary: CVE-2026-89569 kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth RFCOMM subsystem. This vulnerability arises because the system does not properly manage memory when handling Bluetooth security confirmations. A race condition allows a part of the system to free memory that is still in use by another part, leading to a "use-after-free" error. This can result in a system crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:23:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling

rfcomm_security_cfm() looks up a session on session_list and then walks
its DLC list without holding rfcomm_mutex. Since RFCOMM session teardown
uses rfcomm_mutex, krfcommd can close and free the same session and DLCs
concurrently:

  hci_rx_work                    krfcommd
  -----------                    ---------
  rfcomm_session_get()
                                 rfcomm_lock()
                                 rfcomm_session_close()
                                   rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
                                   rfcomm_session_del()
                                     kfree(s)
                                 rfcomm_unlock()
  walk s->dlcs

The callback can then read a freed session list head and touch freed DLCs
while updating their flags or timers.

Serialize the session lookup and DLC traversal in rfcomm_security_cfm()
with rfcomm_mutex. This matches the existing RFCOMM session lifetime
rules and prevents concurrent rfcomm_session_del() / rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
from tearing the objects down while the callback is using them.

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888111fb3960 by task kworker/u17:1/89
  Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work
  Call Trace:
   rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
   hci_encrypt_cfm+0x139/0x590
   hci_encrypt_change_evt+0x37b/0xc40
   hci_event_packet+0x71b/0xb20
   hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730
  Allocated by task 69:
   rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2f0
   rfcomm_run+0x44b/0x41e0
  Freed by task 69:
   kfree+0x131/0x3c0
   rfcomm_session_del+0x188/0x220
   rfcomm_run+0x1985/0x41e0