Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-21969Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free 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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% 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: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd After the hci sync command releases l2cap_conn, the hci receive data work queue references the released l2cap_conn when sending to the upper layer. Add hci dev lock to the hci receive data work queue to synchronize the two. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880271a4000 by task kworker/u9:2/5837 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc5-syzkaller-00163-gab75170520d4 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Workqueue: hci1 hci_rx_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602 l2cap_build_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:2964 [inline] l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954 l2cap_sig_send_rej net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5502 [inline] l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5538 [inline] l2cap_recv_frame+0x221f/0x10db0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6817 hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3797 [inline] hci_rx_work+0x508/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4040 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> Allocated by task 5837: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x243/0x390 mm/slub.c:4329 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1037 [inline] l2cap_conn_add+0xa9/0x8e0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6860 l2cap_connect_cfm+0x115/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7239 hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline] hci_remote_features_evt+0x68e/0xac0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3726 hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7473 [inline] hci_event_packet+0xac2/0x1540 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7525 hci_rx_work+0x3f3/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4035 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 Freed by task 54: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:582 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x59/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4613 [inline] kfree+0x196/0x430 mm/slub.c:4761 l2cap_connect_cfm+0xcc/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7235 hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline] hci_conn_failed+0x287/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1266 hci_abort_conn_sync+0x56c/0x11f0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5603 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr ---truncated---

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-21969
Debian:13linux6.12.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21969
Debian:14linux6.12.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21969
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-55.17.1.el10_0RLSA-2025:9079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21969

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9b3628d79b46f06157affc56fdb218fdd4988321 – before 967473b1e8bb6d941e034ec1f76de40ccf54a8cf9b3628d79b46f06157affc56fdb218fdd4988321 – before c96cce853542b3b13da3738f35ef1be8cfcc9d1d9b3628d79b46f06157affc56fdb218fdd4988321 – before f8094625a591eeb0b75b1bd9e713fac1d93f5ca99b3628d79b46f06157affc56fdb218fdd4988321 – before 7790a79c6fce8d5d552bc64f5c82819f719e4f289b3628d79b46f06157affc56fdb218fdd4988321 – before b4f82f9ed43aefa79bec2504ae8c29be0c0f5d1d995c917d6818b39308ac6baf3f6573cb0486a2385.17.14 – before 5.18
Linux Linux 5.18

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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