Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2025-38118Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete This reworks MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR to not use mgmt_pending_add to avoid crashes like bellow: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801c53f318 by task kworker/u5:5/5341 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5341 Comm: kworker/u5:5 Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-10402-g4cb6c8af8591 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634 mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x261/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> Allocated by task 5987: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252 mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279 remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454 hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727 sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5989: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2380 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4642 [inline] kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4841 mgmt_pending_foreach+0xc9/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:242 mgmt_index_removed+0x10d/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9366 hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314 __sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1810 [inline] __sys_bind+0x2c3/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1841 __do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1846 [inline] __se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1844 [inline] __x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1844 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.147-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.12.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.12.35-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux | 6.8.0-87.88 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux | 6.8.0-87.88 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws | 6.8.0-1042.44 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws | 6.8.0-1042.44 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.14 | 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.8 | 6.8.0-1042.44~22.04.1 | USN-7861-4 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.8 | 6.8.0-1042.44~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure | 6.8.0-1044.50 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure | 6.8.0-1044.50 | USN-7935-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.8 | 6.8.0-1044.50~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.8 | 6.8.0-1044.50~22.04.1 | USN-7935-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 6.8.0-1046.53 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure-fde | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-nvidia | 6.8.0-1029.32 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | 6.14.0-1007.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 6.8.0-1043.46 | USN-7864-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 6.8.0-1043.46 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.14 | 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.8 | 6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1 | USN-7864-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.8 | 6.8.0-1043.46~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gke | 6.8.0-1039.44 | USN-7864-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gke | 6.8.0-1039.44 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 6.8.0-1026.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 6.8.0-1026.29 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-87.88~22.04.1 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-87.88~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 6.8.0-1040.40 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 6.8.0-1040.40 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm-6.8 | 6.8.0-1040.40~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm-6.8 | 6.8.0-1040.40~22.04.1 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-intel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 6.8.0-87.88.1 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 6.8.0-87.88.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-87.88.1~22.04.1 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-87.88.1~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 6.8.0-1042.45 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 6.8.0-1042.45 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.8 | 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.8 | 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1 | USN-7861-3 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 6.8.0-1042.45.1 | USN-7861-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 6.8.0-1042.45.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 6.8.0-1012.12 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.14 | 6.14.0-1012.12 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 6.8.0-1039.40 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 6.8.0-1039.40 | USN-7861-3 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.14 | 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.8 | 6.8.0-1039.40~22.04.1 | USN-7861-3 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.8 | 6.8.0-1039.40~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 6.8.0-1042.46 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 6.8.0-1042.46 | USN-7861-5 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.14 | 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.8 | 6.8.0-87.88~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-xilinx | 6.8.0-1019.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-xilinx | 6.8.0-1019.20 | USN-7861-5 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38118 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 – before 3c9aba9cbdf163e2654be9f82d43ff8a0427396266bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 – before 9f66b6531c2b4e996bb61720ee94adb4b2e8d1be66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 – before 9df3e5e7f7e4653fd9802878cedc36defc5ef42d66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 – before 32aa2fbe319f33b0318ec6f4fceb63879771a28666bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 – before e6ed54e86aae9e4f7286ce8d5c73780f91b48d1c |
| Linux | Linux | 5.12 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9aba9cbdf163e2654be9f82d43ff8a04273962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f66b6531c2b4e996bb61720ee94adb4b2e8d1be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df3e5e7f7e4653fd9802878cedc36defc5ef42d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32aa2fbe319f33b0318ec6f4fceb63879771a286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6ed54e86aae9e4f7286ce8d5c73780f91b48d1c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html