Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Low 2026-07-13T00:00:00 kernel: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leak in hci_le_big_terminate() 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leak in hci_le_big_terminate() hci_le_big_terminate() allocates iso_list_data via kzalloc_obj but returns 0 without freeing it when neither pa_sync_term nor big_sync_term flags are set after evaluating the PA and BIG sync connection state. This early-return path was introduced when hci_le_big_terminate() was refactored to take struct hci_conn instead of raw u8 parameters, adding PA/BIG flag evaluation logic. The existing kfree() on hci_cmd_sync_queue failure does not cover this path.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth Host Controller Interface (HCI) connection handling. The `hci_le_big_terminate()` function, which is responsible for terminating Bluetooth connections, allocates memory but fails to free it under specific conditions when certain flags are not set. This memory leak could lead to resource exhaustion, potentially resulting in a denial of service (DoS).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53364 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53364 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071352-CVE-2026-53364-de64@gregkh/T