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CVE-2026-63948

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix chan ref leak in l2cap_chan_timeout() on !conn __set_chan_timer() t…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix chan ref leak in l2cap_chan_timeout() on !conn __set_chan_timer() takes a l2cap_chan reference via l2cap_chan_hold() before scheduling the delayed work. The normal path in l2cap_chan_timeout() drops this reference with l2cap_chan_put() at the end, but the early return when chan->conn is NULL skips the put, leaking the reference. Add the missing l2cap_chan_put() before the early return.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-19 16:17
Modified: 2026-10-30 14:27
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 14:40 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥4.19.314 <4.20, ≥5.4.276 <5.5, ≥5.10.217 <5.10.259, ≥5.15.159 <5.15.210, ≥6.1.91 <6.1.176, ≥6.6.31 <6.6.143

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08d81fe96f80a8e20c7acb573b6a45d901fcf2cd
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/107c826e4ef9ec5ad8f60e6fe64d8d5325ba508f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f1bcaaaa3a80bb1c3472044bc146e8d49d51ee
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63cd225cc13d782a85e2a73c04d0d350153eada1
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8894c2010435a56ce7c6c2a8785860c13554df2f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbd84990394c51f5cee1e8871bb5ff8af5ed939
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c59a5b469e2a809a2d57eda4ded94235971060
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a5baff5be273ca07771fd2b9bb1f2a4152917b

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 14:40 UTC · record ↗

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