Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock
This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pending
list which can cause crashes like:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_sock_get_channel+0x60/0x68 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:91
Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000c48885b2 by task syz.4.334/7318
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7318 Comm: syz.4.334 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7-syzkaller-g187899f4124a #0 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call trace:
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:466 (C)
__dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94
dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description+0xa8/0x254 mm/kasan/report.c:408
print_report+0x68/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:521
kasan_report+0xb0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634
__asan_report_load2_noabort+0x20/0x2c mm/kasan/report_generic.c:379
hci_sock_get_channel+0x60/0x68 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:91
mgmt_pending_find+0x7c/0x140 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:223
pending_find net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:947 [inline]
remove_adv_monitor+0x44/0x1a4 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5445
hci_mgmt_cmd+0x780/0xc00 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1712
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x544/0xbb0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1832
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]
sock_write_iter+0x25c/0x378 net/socket.c:1131
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
vfs_write+0x62c/0x97c fs/read_write.c:684
ksys_write+0x120/0x210 fs/read_write.c:736
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:744 [inline]
__arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:744
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600
Allocated by task 7037:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x40/0x78 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x44/0x54 mm/kasan/generic.c:562
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x9c/0xb4 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4327 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x2fc/0x4c8 mm/slub.c:4339
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline]
sk_prot_alloc+0xc4/0x1f0 net/core/sock.c:2198
sk_alloc+0x44/0x3ac net/core/sock.c:2254
bt_sock_alloc+0x4c/0x300 net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:148
hci_sock_create+0xa8/0x194 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:2202
bt_sock_create+0x14c/0x24c net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:132
__sock_create+0x43c/0x91c net/socket.c:1541
sock_create net/socket.c:1599 [inline]
__sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1636 [inline]
__sys_socket+0xd4/0x1c0 net/socket.c:1683
__do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1697 [inline]
__se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1695 [inline]
__arm64_sys_socket+0x7c/0x94 net/socket.c:1695
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600
Freed by task 6607:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x40/0x78 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x68/0x88 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline
---truncated---
Impact
Memory is accessed after it has been freed, leading to undefined behavior in native code. Typical impact: memory corruption, crash, or potential code execution.
CVE-2025-38117 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-38117? CVE-2025-38117 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet. Memory is accessed after it has been freed, leading to undefined behavior in native code.
- How severe is CVE-2025-38117? CVE-2025-38117 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-38117? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-38117 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-38117 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-38117 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-38117 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.