CVE-2026-23461 — Improper Resource Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxefc30877bd4bc85fefe98d80af60fafc86e5775e — 11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
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 ab4eedb↗2026-04-03
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 ab4ee↗2026-04-03