Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-07-25T00:00:00 kernel: Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-825

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration bnep_add_connection() reads the L2CAP connection without holding the channel lock, then passes its HCI device to register_netdev(). Controller teardown can clear and release that connection concurrently, leaving the network device registration path to dereference a freed parent device. Take a reference to the L2CAP connection while holding the channel lock. Retain it until register_netdev() has taken the parent device reference.

A flaw was found in the Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (BNEP) module of the Linux kernel. The `bnep_add_connection()` function reads the Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) connection without properly holding a channel lock. This can allow a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability during network device registration, potentially leading to a system crash and denial of service.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Out of support scope kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Fix deferred 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-2026-64408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64408 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072531-CVE-2026-64408-3013@gregkh/T