Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74529Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_pa_sync() callback

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 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_pa_sync() callback There is theoretical UAF if the conn is freed while the hci_sync task is running. Hold refcount to avoid that.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74529
Debian:14linux7.1.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74529

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux eb8b860e87b296bd1874c79a668081efd00f9754 – before 40ef39f1d755ff8d54423345c73d187e77854d0b6d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d – before 68ffe4265775ed9e09e18e9a3b388740e25257bf6d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d – before c53c70ec289ee12f20c4f1b2fbfd151762c01f676d0417e4e1cf66fd917f06f0454958362714ef7d – before 44fc74069d8988f2825246f9401218e29de2c0ab94bf6380e936339a700c0b3171a49baf512aa70b6.12.28 – before 6.12.1146.14.6 – before 6.15
Linux Linux 6.15

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