CVE-2025-39860Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free25 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() syzbot reported the splat below without a repro. In the splat, a single thread calling bt_accept_dequeue() freed sk and touched it after that. The root cause would be the racy l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() call added by the cited commit. bt_accept_dequeue() is called under lock_sock() except for l2cap_sock_release(). Two threads could see the same socket during the

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.14.3224.15+9
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linuxa2da00d1ea1abfb04f846638e210b5b5166e3c9c964cbb198f9c46c2b2358cd1faffc04c1e8248cf+11

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c684-q9wg-vhh9: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() syzbot reported the2025-09-22
OSV
CVE-2025-39860: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() syzbot reported the s2025-09-19
CVEList
Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen()2025-09-19

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