Bug 2466808 (CVE-2026-43069) - CVE-2026-43069 kernel: Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path
Summary: CVE-2026-43069 kernel: Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43069
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-05 17:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 09:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-05 17:03:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path

Smatch reports:

drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn:
'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 544.

In download_firmware(), if request_firmware() succeeds but the returned
firmware content is invalid (no data or zero size), the function returns
without releasing the firmware, resulting in a resource leak.

Fix this by calling release_firmware() before returning when
request_firmware() succeeded but the firmware content is invalid.


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