CVE-2026-23461Improper Resource Locking in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in hci_chan_del"), l2cap_conn_del() uses conn->lock to protect access to conn->users. However, l2cap_register_user() and l2cap_unregister_user() don't use conn->lock, creating a race condition where these functions can access conn->users and conn->hchan concurrently with l2cap_conn_del(). This can lea

Affected Packages3 packages

Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.19.10-1
CVEListV5linux/linuxefc30877bd4bc85fefe98d80af60fafc86e5775e11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.19.10-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2026-23461: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb2026-04-03
GHSA
GHSA-ggw5-jw3c-r95v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4ee2026-04-03

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user2026-04-03
Debian
CVE-2026-23461: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-23461 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-23461 — Improper Resource Locking in Linux | cvebase