CVE-2026-90252

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled mgmt_hci_cmd_sync() queues the pending command with a NULL destroy callback, so it is only freed if send_hci_cmd_sync() runs. A cancelled entry is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release entry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered. Nothing else reclaims it either: mgmt_pending_new() does not put the command on hdev->mgmt_pending. The leak also pins the socket reference taken by mgmt_pending_new(), so the mgmt socket is never released. Free the command from a destroy callback. The now-empty done label is replaced by a direct return.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:21.500000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:15.753000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-90252",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:21.500",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:15.753",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: MGMT: free the HCI command when it is cancelled\n\nmgmt_hci_cmd_sync() queues the pending command with a NULL destroy\ncallback, so it is only freed if send_hci_cmd_sync() runs. A cancelled\nentry is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release\nentry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear()\ncancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered. Nothing\nelse reclaims it either: mgmt_pending_new() does not put the command on\nhdev->mgmt_pending.\n\nThe leak also pins the socket reference taken by mgmt_pending_new(), so\nthe mgmt socket is never released.\n\nFree the command from a destroy callback. The now-empty done label is\nreplaced by a direct return."
    }
  ],
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