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We can not access k after kfree_rcu()\ncall."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The UAF is reached via local AF_BLUETOOTH HCI_CHANNEL_CONTROL MGMT commands (LOAD_LINK_KEYS/LTKs/IRKs, SET_BLOCKED_KEYS) or hci_release_dev teardown; no over-the-air peer data drives the clear-keys path, matching prior mgmt.c scoring (e.g. CVE-2024-53208, CVE-2024-49951).\nAC:L - The attacker deterministically populates a key list then re-issues the same MGMT load/clear command (or tears down the adapter), and under PREEMPT the kfree_rcu→list_next_entry window is attacker-retryable with a long key list and heap spray; no condition outside attacker control is required.\nPR:L - Trusted MGMT handlers require CAP_NET_ADMIN (HCI_SOCK_TRUSTED), which real deployments grant to non-root Bluetooth services (bluetoothd, Android AID_BLUETOOTH) rather than full root; consistent with prior CAP_NET_ADMIN-gated mgmt UAF scores.\nUI:N - The attacker issues the MGMT commands (or drives adapter teardown) entirely from its own process; no victim interaction is required.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel heap within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - This is a use-after-free of sprayable kmalloc key objects (link_key/smp_ltk/smp_irk/blocked_key); after reclaim, reading the stale list next pointer and related fields yields an attacker-influenced kernel memory disclosure primitive.\nI:H - UAF of these heap objects enables heap grooming for write/control-flow hijack via corrupted list linkage and subsequent operations on attacker-controlled freed memory, per standard kernel UAF integrity scoring.\nA:H - Dereferencing freed key objects during list iteration reliably produces KASAN reports, oopses, or panics, and any use-after-free is scored High 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