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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53256" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-25T08:39:46.591Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:57:32.092Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" 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-2026-53256" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53256.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53256" title: "Bluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: RFCOMM: hold listener socket in rfcomm_connect_ind()\n\nrfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() scans rfcomm_sk_list under the list lock,\nbut returns the selected listener after dropping that lock without\ntaking a reference. rfcomm_connect_ind() then locks the listener,\nqueues a child socket on it, and may notify it after unlocking it.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\nrfcomm_connect_ind(): listener close:\n 1. Find parent in 1. close() enters\n rfcomm_get_sock_by_channel() rfcomm_sock_release().\n 2. Drop rfcomm_sk_list.lock 2. rfcomm_sock_shutdown()\n without pinning parent. closes the listener.\n 3. Call lock_sock(parent) and 3. rfcomm_sock_kill()\n bt_accept_enqueue(parent, unlinks and puts parent.\n sk, true).\n 4. Read parent flags and may 4. parent can be freed.\n call sk_state_change().\n\nIf close wins the race, parent can be freed before\nrfcomm_connect_ind() reaches lock_sock(), bt_accept_enqueue(), or the\ndeferred-setup callback.\n\nTake a reference on the listener before leaving rfcomm_sk_list.lock.\nAfter lock_sock() succeeds, recheck that it is still in BT_LISTEN\nbefore queueing a child, cache the deferred-setup bit while the parent\nis locked, and drop the reference after the last parent use.\n\nKASAN reported a slab-use-after-free in lock_sock_nested() from\nrfcomm_connect_ind(), with the freeing stack going through\nrfcomm_sock_kill() and rfcomm_sock_release()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f5ec76bdbeb80f75ad0be204371afffee0f8fac8"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a07d741c077d4e34b16458241a94d29039386553"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1f73f92f66251065a5f39b09a47cf05ea14d3107"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de31973ef00e5aa55496f84cf6a44bb157a34e02"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b0e33e409715c617e2a20f46f99aa5403a14dfda"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8802413ce63175fb522a2bd609fb043a3550c720"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6f4462d12133106460d7c046b95aad2491e3fddf"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43c441edacf953b39517a44f5e5e10a93618b226"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.259","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.210","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.176","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.143","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","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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