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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-74509" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T12:27:31.896Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:05:51.377Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z" 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-2026-74509" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74509.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74509" title: "Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs\n\nhci_find_adv_instance() returns an adv_info pointer that is valid only\nwhile hdev-\u003elock is held. The advertising command-sync paths perform\ninstance lookups without that lock and, in some cases, retain the pointer\nwhile waiting for a controller response.\n\nAn advertising termination event can therefore interleave as follows:\n\n hci_cmd_sync_work hci_rx_work\n hci_find_adv_instance()\n __hci_cmd_sync_status()\n wait for controller reply hci_dev_lock()\n hci_remove_adv_instance()\n kfree(adv)\n adv-\u003escan_rsp_changed = false\n\nKASAN reported:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300\n Write of size 1 at addr ffff88810a45d21d by task kworker/u17:0/88\n Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work\n Call Trace:\n hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300\n hci_schedule_adv_instance_sync+0x390/0x4c0\n hci_cmd_sync_work+0x173/0x300\n Allocated by task 87:\n hci_add_adv_instance+0x538/0xac0\n add_advertising+0x885/0x1160\n Freed by task 89:\n kfree+0x131/0x3c0\n hci_remove_adv_instance+0x1d8/0x3b0\n hci_le_ext_adv_term_evt+0x17b/0x730\n\nProtect the instance lookup and payload construction in the extended\nadvertising, scan response, and periodic advertising data paths. Snapshot\nthe advertising parameters under hdev-\u003elock, but release the lock before\nwaiting for the controller.\n\nClear advertising-data dirty bits before issuing their commands and\nrestore them after a failure using a fresh lookup. Likewise, update the\nreported transmit power through a fresh lookup after the parameter command\ncompletes. No adv_info pointer then survives an HCI command wait." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"565971488191bf54a87a417abafab6ad0de72201"},{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c4cec575a6d6f7c36808a3a0017b0675968bb06b"},{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"95cdcd8c82a501931fd3ae9b3811b0b6da167e94"},{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eb1d8318764de7216e6dbba29a24d69f7ce51348"},{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b16ebdbebd2d37f4cdc590bc3e9db71fe90350a3"},{"version":"cba6b758711cab946c787f7c15be92cc749b8e1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cdc36db204ffd97b947d64374cf23a210dc74777"},{"version":"42fe380baaaccbe635c34ca07b29d19b9ec2498d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.210","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.17"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.154","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.44","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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