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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38593" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-08-19T17:03:18.960Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T22:02:26.347Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" 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-2025-38593" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38593.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38593" title: "Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix double free in 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()'" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sync: fix double free in 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()'\n\nFunction 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()' frees 'uuids' array and then\nsets it to NULL. There is a tiny chance of the following race:\n\n'hci_cmd_sync_work()'\n\n 'update_passive_scan_sync()'\n\n 'hci_update_passive_scan_sync()'\n\n 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()'\n kfree(uuids);\n\n \u003c-------------------------preempted--------------------------------\u003e\n 'start_service_discovery()'\n\n 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()'\n kfree(uuids); // DOUBLE FREE\n\n \u003c-------------------------preempted--------------------------------\u003e\n\n uuids = NULL;\n\nTo fix it let's add locking around 'kfree()' call and NULL pointer\nassignment. Otherwise the following backtrace fires:\n\n[ ] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ ] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:547!\n[ ] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n[ ] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 246 Comm: bluetoothd Tainted: G O 6.12.19-kernel #1\n[ ] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\n[ ] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[ ] pc : __slab_free+0xf8/0x348\n[ ] lr : __slab_free+0x48/0x348\n...\n[ ] Call trace:\n[ ] __slab_free+0xf8/0x348\n[ ] kfree+0x164/0x27c\n[ ] start_service_discovery+0x1d0/0x2c0\n[ ] hci_sock_sendmsg+0x518/0x924\n[ ] __sock_sendmsg+0x54/0x60\n[ ] sock_write_iter+0x98/0xf8\n[ ] do_iter_readv_writev+0xe4/0x1c8\n[ ] vfs_writev+0x128/0x2b0\n[ ] do_writev+0xfc/0x118\n[ ] __arm64_sys_writev+0x20/0x2c\n[ ] invoke_syscall+0x68/0xf0\n[ ] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0\n[ ] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28\n[ ] el0_svc+0x30/0xd0\n[ ] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x12c\n[ ] el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198\n[ ] Code: 8b0002e6 eb17031f 54fffbe1 d503201f (d4210000)\n[ ] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"86f3dcd1f331cfd4fd7ec88906955134ec51afbe"},{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7ce9bb0b95fc280e9212b8922590c492ca1d9c39"},{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"16852eccbdfaf41a666705e3f8be55cf2864c5ca"},{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a351ff6b8ecca4229afaa0d98042bead8de64799"},{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f8069f34c4c976786ded97498012225af87435d7"},{"version":"ad383c2c65a5baf16e334cd40a013cc302176891","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2935e556850e9c94d7a00adf14d3cd7fe406ac03"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.17"},{"version":"6.1.159","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.117","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","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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