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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-99014" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-23T12:20:39.617Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-23T12:20:39.617Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-99014" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-99014.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99014" title: "Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix command skb lifetime during scan setup" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sync: Fix command skb lifetime during scan setup\n\nDuring PA sync scan setup, hci_le_set_ext_scan_param_sync() gets the\naddress used for the PA_LINK lookup from hci_sent_cmd_data(). The\nreturned pointer borrows storage from sent_cmd or req_skb, without\nholding a reference to either skb.\n\nThe scan worker runs on req_workqueue while hci_cmd_work() runs on the\nseparate device workqueue. After the scan worker loads sent_cmd, the\ncommand worker can free and replace it before hci_sent_cmd_data()\ndereferences the skb. The command payload can also be freed between\nreturning from the helper and comparing the address. The connection\nlookup's RCU critical section does not protect the command skb.\n\nKASAN reported:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_sent_cmd_data+0x27c/0x2f0\n Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work\n Call Trace:\n hci_sent_cmd_data+0x27c/0x2f0\n hci_le_set_scan_param_sync+0x43a/0x850\n hci_passive_scan_sync+0xb09/0x1460\n hci_update_passive_scan_sync+0x47c/0x6e0\n hci_le_pa_create_sync+0x200/0xa70\n hci_cmd_sync_work+0x13c/0x290\n\n Allocated by task 95:\n skb_clone+0x13f/0x340\n hci_cmd_work+0x2a9/0x7e0\n\n Freed by task 95:\n kmem_cache_free+0xba/0x3a0\n hci_cmd_work+0x29c/0x7e0\n\nUse hdev-\u003elock to serialize the address snapshot with sent_cmd\nreplacement. Protect req_skb replacement and completion cleanup with\nthe same lock because the helper falls back to that skb. Copy the\naddress before releasing the lock and use the copy for the existing\nRCU-protected connection lookup. Release the mutex before sending or\nwaiting for commands, preserving the lookup and completion ordering." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"de3c85d321bfb85b7742a6cfab95d680da3e26b1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f01cbddfb4273fcc9a786d13b0a2525029023605"},{"version":"22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8"},{"version":"22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922"},{"version":"22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236d"},{"version":"22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9af12272061d206af8bc3e40215cb694421ab73a"},{"version":"7a54f8314584f78fb0557153b1059924249ef628","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.6.28","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.160"},{"version":"6.8.7","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.9"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","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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