In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sync: free the advertising instance on the failure and cancel paths
adv_timeout_expire() hands a kmalloc()ed instance byte to hci_cmd_sync_queue() with a NULL destroy callback, and only adv_timeout_expire_sync() frees it. That leaks on two paths:
- the return value is not checked, and hci_cmd_sync_queue() does not take ownership when it fails (-ENETDOWN, -ENODEV, -ENOMEM);
- a cancelled entry is not released, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not free entry->data when there is no destroy callback. hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered.
Free the buffer from a destroy callback, and in the caller when the entry could not be queued at all.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.12 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Oct 7, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
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