CVE-2026-99008
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown syzbot hit a NULL pointer dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown() when an RFCOMM tty is closed. rfcomm_dev_add() puts the new device on rfcomm_dev_list first and only then registers the tty device and saves it in dev->tty_dev. If that registration fails, dev->tty_dev is never set at all. The device can be looked up in the meantime, so an open() of /dev/rfcommN gets through rfcomm_tty_install() and attaches to it. When that tty is closed again, rfcomm_dev_shutdown() uses dev->tty_dev without checking it: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047] RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dev_shutdown+0x48/0xb0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c:131 Call Trace: tty_port_shutdown+0x1bf/0x220 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:372 tty_port_close+0x4e/0x150 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:705 tty_release+0x359/0x1670 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718 __fput+0x418/0xa50 fs/file_table.c:512 rfcomm_dev_destruct() already copes with a NULL dev->tty_dev. Add the same check to rfcomm_dev_shutdown(), so the tty device is only moved when it was actually registered.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-23 13:17:23.290000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:21:35.450000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown\n\nsyzbot hit a NULL pointer dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown() when an\nRFCOMM tty is closed.\n\nrfcomm_dev_add() puts the new device on rfcomm_dev_list first and only\nthen registers the tty device and saves it in dev->tty_dev. If that\nregistration fails, dev->tty_dev is never set at all. The device can be\nlooked up in the meantime, so an open() of /dev/rfcommN gets through\nrfcomm_tty_install() and attaches to it. When that tty is closed again,\nrfcomm_dev_shutdown() uses dev->tty_dev without checking it:\n\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047]\n RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dev_shutdown+0x48/0xb0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c:131\n Call Trace:\n tty_port_shutdown+0x1bf/0x220 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:372\n tty_port_close+0x4e/0x150 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:705\n tty_release+0x359/0x1670 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718\n __fput+0x418/0xa50 fs/file_table.c:512\n\nrfcomm_dev_destruct() already copes with a NULL dev->tty_dev. Add the\nsame check to rfcomm_dev_shutdown(), so the tty device is only moved\nwhen it was actually registered."
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