Bug 2516978 (CVE-2026-74533) - CVE-2026-74533 kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: fix race of kfree vs kref_get_unless_zero
Summary: CVE-2026-74533 kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: fix race of kfree vs kref_get_unless_zero
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74533
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 12:42 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-21 08:22 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 12:42:17 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: ISO: fix race of kfree vs kref_get_unless_zero

hci_conn::iso_data is accessed and modified without lock or RCU.
This leads to a race

    [Task hdev->workqueue]                 	[Task 2]
    iso_recv                                    iso_conn_put(conn)
      conn = LOAD hcon->iso_data                  iso_conn_free(conn)
      iso_conn_hold_unless_zero(conn)               hcon->iso_data = NULL
                                                    kfree(conn)
        kref_get_unless_zero(&conn->ref) /* UAF */

and also to races in iso_conn_add() vs. iso_conn_free().

Fix by adding spinlock hci_conn::proto_lock and using it to guard
hci_conn::iso_data.


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