CVE-2026-98735
kernel: Bluetooth: hci_core: Serialize ACL scheduling with channel deletion
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 18, 2026
Updated · October 23, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem. A race condition occurs when outgoing network packets are scheduled while the associated communication channel is concurrently closed and freed during connection teardown. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to trigger a use-after-free memory error, leading to a system crash (denial of service) or potentially arbitrary code execution.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference