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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2021-47038" idYear: 2021 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-02-28T08:13:45.310Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T13:46:45.349Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47038" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47038.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47038" title: "Bluetooth: avoid deadlock between hci_dev-\u003elock and socket lock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: avoid deadlock between hci_dev-\u003elock and socket lock\n\nCommit eab2404ba798 (\"Bluetooth: Add BT_PHY socket option\") added a\ndependency between socket lock and hci_dev-\u003elock that could lead to\ndeadlock.\n\nIt turns out that hci_conn_get_phy() is not in any way relying on hdev\nbeing immutable during the runtime of this function, neither does it even\nlook at any of the members of hdev, and as such there is no need to hold\nthat lock.\n\nThis fixes the lockdep splat below:\n\n ======================================================\n WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n 5.12.0-rc1-00026-g73d464503354 #10 Not tainted\n ------------------------------------------------------\n bluetoothd/1118 is trying to acquire lock:\n ffff8f078383c078 (&hdev-\u003elock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n\n but task is already holding lock:\n ffff8f07e831d920 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x8b/0x610\n\n which lock already depends on the new lock.\n\n the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n -\u003e #3 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n lock_sock_nested+0x72/0xa0\n l2cap_sock_ready_cb+0x18/0x70 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_config_rsp+0x27a/0x520 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_sig_channel+0x658/0x1330 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_recv_frame+0x1ba/0x310 [bluetooth]\n hci_rx_work+0x1cc/0x640 [bluetooth]\n process_one_work+0x244/0x5f0\n worker_thread+0x3c/0x380\n kthread+0x13e/0x160\n ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\n -\u003e #2 (&chan-\u003elock#2/1){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n __mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10\n l2cap_chan_connect+0x33a/0x940 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_sock_connect+0x141/0x2a0 [bluetooth]\n __sys_connect+0x9b/0xc0\n __x64_sys_connect+0x16/0x20\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\n -\u003e #1 (&conn-\u003echan_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n __mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10\n l2cap_chan_connect+0x322/0x940 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_sock_connect+0x141/0x2a0 [bluetooth]\n __sys_connect+0x9b/0xc0\n __x64_sys_connect+0x16/0x20\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\n -\u003e #0 (&hdev-\u003elock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n __lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50\n lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0\n __mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10\n hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x5a9/0x610 [bluetooth]\n __sys_getsockopt+0xcc/0x200\n __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\n other info that might help us debug this:\n\n Chain exists of:\n &hdev-\u003elock --\u003e &chan-\u003elock#2/1 --\u003e sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP);\n lock(&chan-\u003elock#2/1);\n lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP);\n lock(&hdev-\u003elock);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n 1 lock held by bluetoothd/1118:\n #0: ffff8f07e831d920 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_L2CAP){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: l2cap_sock_getsockopt+0x8b/0x610 [bluetooth]\n\n stack backtrace:\n CPU: 3 PID: 1118 Comm: bluetoothd Not tainted 5.12.0-rc1-00026-g73d464503354 #10\n Hardware name: LENOVO 20K5S22R00/20K5S22R00, BIOS R0IET38W (1.16 ) 05/31/2017\n Call Trace:\n dump_stack+0x7f/0xa1\n check_noncircular+0x105/0x120\n ? __lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50\n __lock_acquire+0x147a/0x1a50\n lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0\n ? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n ? __lock_acquire+0x2e1/0x1a50\n ? lock_is_held_type+0xb4/0x120\n ? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n __mutex_lock+0xa3/0xa10\n ? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n ? lock_acquire+0x277/0x3d0\n ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70\n ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70\n ? hci_conn_get_phy+0x1c/0x150 [bluetooth]\n hci_conn_get_phy+0x\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"eab2404ba798a8efda2a970f44071c3406d94e57","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7cc0ba67883c6c8d3bddb283f56c167fc837a555"},{"version":"eab2404ba798a8efda2a970f44071c3406d94e57","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fee71f480bc1dec5f6ae3b0b185ff12a62bceabc"},{"version":"eab2404ba798a8efda2a970f44071c3406d94e57","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"332e69eb3bd90370f2d9f2c2ca7974ff523dea17"},{"version":"eab2404ba798a8efda2a970f44071c3406d94e57","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"17486960d79b900c45e0bb8fbcac0262848582ba"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.7"},{"version":"5.10.37","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.11.21","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.11.*"},{"version":"5.12.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.12.*"},{"version":"5.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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