CVE-2026-23299 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
3.3LOW
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 94.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: purge error queues in socket destructors
When TX timestamping is enabled via SO_TIMESTAMPING, SKBs may be queued
into sk_error_queue and will stay there until consumed. If userspace never
gets to read the timestamps, or if the controller is removed unexpectedly,
these SKBs will leak.
Fix by adding skb_queue_purge() calls for sk_error_queue in affected
bluetooth destructors. RFCOMM does not currently use sk_error_qu…
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux134f4b39df7b77225a80ef585c15d46f964f5e6f — 2b6c942a526635f5c61d2f000258e620da32d3a7+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
4GHSA▶
GHSA-2286-mwvj-8983: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: purge error queues in socket destructors
When TX timestamping is enab↗2026-03-25
OSV▶
CVE-2026-23299: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: purge error queues in socket destructors When TX timestamping is enable↗2026-03-25