{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68305","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-16T14:48:05.294Z","datePublished":"2025-12-16T15:06:22.812Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:50:36.098Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:50:36.098Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sock: Prevent race in socket write iter and sock bind\n\nThere is a potential race condition between sock bind and socket write\niter. bind may free the same cmd via mgmt_pending before write iter sends\nthe cmd, just as syzbot reported in UAF[1].\n\nHere we use hci_dev_lock to synchronize the two, thereby avoiding the\nUAF mentioned in [1].\n\n[1]\nsyzbot reported:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_pending_remove+0x3b/0x210 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:316\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888077164818 by task syz.0.17/5989\nCall Trace:\n mgmt_pending_remove+0x3b/0x210 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:316\n set_link_security+0x5c2/0x710 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1918\n hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719\n hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742\n sock_write_iter+0x279/0x360 net/socket.c:1195\n\nAllocated by task 5989:\n mgmt_pending_add+0x35/0x140 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296\n set_link_security+0x557/0x710 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1910\n hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719\n hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742\n sock_write_iter+0x279/0x360 net/socket.c:1195\n\nFreed by task 5991:\n mgmt_pending_free net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:311 [inline]\n mgmt_pending_foreach+0x30d/0x380 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:257\n mgmt_index_removed+0x112/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9477\n hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c"],"versions":[{"version":"bdd56875c6926d8009914f427df71797693e90d4","lessThan":"fe68510fc99bb4b88c9c611f83699749002d515a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4e83f2dbb2bf677e614109df24426c4dded472d4","lessThan":"e90c05fc5bbea956450a05cc3b36b8fa29cf195e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6fe26f694c824b8a4dbf50c635bee1302e3f099c","lessThan":"69fcb0344bc0dd5b13d7e4e98f8b6bf25a6d4ff7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6fe26f694c824b8a4dbf50c635bee1302e3f099c","lessThan":"89bb613511cc21ed5ba6bddc1c9b9ae9c0dad392","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d7882db79135c829a922daf3571f33ea1e056ae3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.119","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.61","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.11","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6.94","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.119"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12.34","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.61"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.18"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe68510fc99bb4b88c9c611f83699749002d515a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e90c05fc5bbea956450a05cc3b36b8fa29cf195e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fcb0344bc0dd5b13d7e4e98f8b6bf25a6d4ff7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bb613511cc21ed5ba6bddc1c9b9ae9c0dad392"}],"title":"Bluetooth: hci_sock: Prevent race in socket write iter and sock bind","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}