In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock
btintel_hw_error() issues two __hci_cmd_sync() calls (HCI_OP_RESET
and Intel exception-info retrieval) without holding
hci_req_sync_lock(). This lets it race against
hci_dev_do_close() -> btintel_shutdown_combined(), which also runs
__hci_cmd_sync() under the same lock. When both paths manipulate
hdev->req_status/req_rsp concurrently, the close path may free the
response skb first, and the still-running hw_error path hits a
slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb().
Wrap the whole recovery sequence in hci_req_sync_lock/unlock so it
is serialized with every other synchronous HCI command issuer.
Below is the data race report and the kasan report:
BUG: data-race in __hci_cmd_sync_sk / btintel_shutdown_combined
read of hdev->req_rsp at net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:199
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x114/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:254
hci_error_reset+0x348/0xa30 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1030
write/free by task ioctl/22580:
btintel_shutdown_combined+0xd0/0x360
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:3648
hci_dev_close_sync+0x9ae/0x2c10 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5246
hci_dev_do_close+0x232/0x460 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
sk_skb_reason_drop+0x43/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1202
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888144a738dc
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x186/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:260
Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock
btintel_hw_error() issues two __hci_cmd_sync() calls (HCI_OP_RESET
and Intel exception-info retrieval) without holding
hci_req_sync_lock(). This lets it race against
hci_dev_do_close() -> btintel_shutdown_combined(), which also runs
__hci_cmd_sync() under the same lock. When both paths manipulate
hdev->req_status/req_rsp concurrently, the close path may free the
response skb first, and the still-running hw_error path hits a
slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb().
Wrap the whole recovery sequence in hci_req_sync_lock/unlock so it
is serialized with every other synchronous HCI command issuer.
Below is the data race report and the kasan report:
BUG: data-race in __hci_cmd_sync_sk / btintel_shutdown_combined
read of hdev->req_rsp at net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:199
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x114/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:254
hci_error_reset+0x348/0xa30 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1030
write/free by task ioctl/22580:
btintel_shutdown_combined+0xd0/0x360
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:3648
hci_dev_close_sync+0x9ae/0x2c10 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5246
hci_dev_do_close+0x232/0x460 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
sk_skb_reason_drop+0x43/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1202
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888144a738dc
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x186/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:260
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock btintel_hw_error() issues two __hci_cmd_sync() calls (HCI_OP_RESET and Intel exception-info retrieval) without holding hci_req_sync_lock(). This lets it race against hci_dev_do_close() -> btintel_shutdown_combined(), which also runs __hci_cmd_sync() under the same lock. When both paths manipulate hdev->req_status/req_rsp concurrently, the close path may free the response skb first, and the still-running hw_error path hits a slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb(). Wrap the whole recovery sequence in hci_req_sync_lock/unlock so it is serialized with every other synchronous HCI command issuer. Below is the data race report and the kasan report: BUG: data-race in __hci_cmd_sync_sk / btintel_shutdown_combined read of hdev->req_rsp at net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:199 by task kworker/u17:1/83: __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200 __hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223 btintel_hw_error+0x114/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:254 hci_error_reset+0x348/0xa30 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1030 write/free by task ioctl/22580: btintel_shutdown_combined+0xd0/0x360 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:3648 hci_dev_close_sync+0x9ae/0x2c10 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5246 hci_dev_do_close+0x232/0x460 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_skb_reason_drop+0x43/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1202 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888144a738dc by task kworker/u17:1/83: __hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200 __hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223 btintel_hw_error+0x186/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:260 | |
| Title | Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-22T13:54:21.071Z
Reserved: 2026-03-09T15:48:24.104Z
Link: CVE-2026-31500
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-22T14:16:48.427
Modified: 2026-04-22T14:16:48.427
Link: CVE-2026-31500
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