CVE-2026-98290

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid socket lock inversion in listener cleanup rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen() closes unaccepted child sockets through rfcomm_sock_close(), which takes the child socket lock before rfcomm_dlc_close() acquires rfcomm_mutex. The RFCOMM worker takes these locks in reverse order while handling connections and DLC state changes, so lockdep reports a possible deadlock. Close dequeued children without taking their socket lock. The accept queue owns a reference to each child, and bt_accept_dequeue() locks the child while unlinking it and clearing its parent pointer. Dropping the child lock makes it important to prevent a concurrent rfcomm_connect_ind() from enqueueing a new child after cleanup observes an empty queue. Set a listening socket to BT_CLOSED while its lock is still held, before dropping the lock and draining the queue. The state check in rfcomm_connect_ind() then rejects new children once cleanup starts.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.5 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:19.317000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:30.680000

View original CVE JSON

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  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:19.317",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:30.680",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid socket lock inversion in listener cleanup\n\nrfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen() closes unaccepted child sockets through\nrfcomm_sock_close(), which takes the child socket lock before\nrfcomm_dlc_close() acquires rfcomm_mutex. The RFCOMM worker takes these\nlocks in reverse order while handling connections and DLC state changes,\nso lockdep reports a possible deadlock.\n\nClose dequeued children without taking their socket lock. The accept queue\nowns a reference to each child, and bt_accept_dequeue() locks the child\nwhile unlinking it and clearing its parent pointer.\n\nDropping the child lock makes it important to prevent a concurrent\nrfcomm_connect_ind() from enqueueing a new child after cleanup observes an\nempty queue. Set a listening socket to BT_CLOSED while its lock is still\nheld, before dropping the lock and draining the queue. The state check in\nrfcomm_connect_ind() then rejects new children once cleanup starts."
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