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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-21969",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21969",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-04-01T15:47:03.408Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-05T11:55:44.372Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:29.455Z",
    "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"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd\n\nAfter the hci sync command releases l2cap_conn, the hci receive data work\nqueue references the released l2cap_conn when sending to the upper layer.\nAdd hci dev lock to the hci receive data work queue to synchronize the two.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff8880271a4000 by task kworker/u9:2/5837\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc5-syzkaller-00163-gab75170520d4 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024\nWorkqueue: hci1 hci_rx_work\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489\n kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602\n l2cap_build_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:2964 [inline]\n l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954\n l2cap_sig_send_rej net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5502 [inline]\n l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5538 [inline]\n l2cap_recv_frame+0x221f/0x10db0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6817\n hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3797 [inline]\n hci_rx_work+0x508/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4040\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310\n worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391\n kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389\n ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244\n </TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 5837:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394\n kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x243/0x390 mm/slub.c:4329\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline]\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1037 [inline]\n l2cap_conn_add+0xa9/0x8e0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6860\n l2cap_connect_cfm+0x115/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7239\n hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]\n hci_remote_features_evt+0x68e/0xac0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3726\n hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7473 [inline]\n hci_event_packet+0xac2/0x1540 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7525\n hci_rx_work+0x3f3/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4035\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310\n worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391\n kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389\n ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244\n\nFreed by task 54:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:582\n poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]\n __kasan_slab_free+0x59/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline]\n slab_free mm/slub.c:4613 [inline]\n kfree+0x196/0x430 mm/slub.c:4761\n l2cap_connect_cfm+0xcc/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7235\n hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]\n hci_conn_failed+0x287/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1266\n hci_abort_conn_sync+0x56c/0x11f0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5603\n hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310\n worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391\n kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389\n ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr\n---truncated---",
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