Bug 2554851 (CVE-2026-98459) - CVE-2026-98459 kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()
Summary: CVE-2026-98459 kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98459
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-19 15:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:23:01 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: ISO: balance the parent hold in hci_bind_bis()

hci_conn_link() takes a lifetime reference to its parent with
hci_conn_get(), but only takes an operational hold on the child.
hci_conn_unlink() later balances both a hold and a reference on the
parent.

The SCO and CIS paths pass a parent acquired from a connect helper, so
it already has a hold. For an additional BIS, hci_bind_bis() obtains the
parent from hci_conn_hash_lookup_big(), which returns a bare pointer.
Unlinking the child then drops the parent's existing hold and can
schedule it for disconnection while its socket is still using it.

Take a hold on the parent before linking it and drop that hold if linking
fails. A successful link transfers the hold to hci_conn_unlink().


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