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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74536"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T12:27:49.054Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:21:20.361Z"
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-2026-74536"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74536.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74536"
title: "Bluetooth: ISO: fix leaking sk after socket release"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: ISO: fix leaking sk after socket release\n\niso_sock_kill() tests !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED) || sk-\u003esk_socket ||\nsock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) for early return, but this is always true since\nsock_orphan(sk) sets SOCK_DEAD, so the sk reference released by socket\nalways leaks, iso_sock_destruct is never called.\n\nThe socket reference also leaks when __iso_sock_close() does not set\nSOCK_ZAPPED, since iso_conn_del() does not call iso_sock_kill() after\nzapping.\n\nFix by replacing SOCK_DEAD by BT_SK_KILLED flag that is not used for\nsomething else, and lock_sock to ensure iso_sock_kill() puts sk only\nafter socket release only once. Release and iso_conn_del may run\nconcurrently. Call iso_sock_kill() from iso_conn_del() to clean sk up\nafter zapping.\n\nRemove call to iso_sock_kill() from iso_sock_close(), as it's generally\nno-op there."
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