High · published August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs
hci_find_adv_instance() returns an adv_info pointer that is valid only
while hdev->lock is held. The advertising command-sync paths perform
instance lookups without that lock and, in some cases, retain the pointer
while waiting for a controller response.
An advertising termination event can therefore interleave as follows:
hci_cmd_sync_work hci_rx_work
hci_find_adv_instance()
__hci_cmd_sync_status()
wait for controller reply hci_dev_lock()
hci_remove_adv_instance()
kfree(adv)
adv->scan_rsp_changed = false
KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300
Write of size 1 at addr ffff88810a45d21d by task kworker/u17:0/88
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
hci_set_ext_scan_rsp_data_sync+0x2e1/0x300
hci_schedule_adv_instance_sync+0x390/0x4c0
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x173/0x300
Allocated by task 87:
hci_add_adv_instance+0x538/0xac0
add_advertising+0x885/0x1160
Freed by task 89:
kfree+0x131/0x3c0
hci_remove_adv_instance+0x1d8/0x3b0
hci_le_ext_adv_term_evt+0x17b/0x730
Protect the instance lookup and payload construction in the extended
advertising, scan response, and periodic advertising data paths. Snapshot
the advertising parameters under hdev->lock, but release the lock before
waiting for the controller.
Clear advertising-data dirty bits before issuing their commands and
restore them after a failure using a fresh lookup. Likewise, update the
reported transmit power through a fresh lookup after the parameter command
completes. No adv_info pointer then survives an HCI command wait.