CVE-2026-31511
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix dangling pointer on mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete This fixes the condition checking so mgmt_pending_valid is executed whenever status != -ECANCELED…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix dangling pointer on mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete This fixes the condition checking so mgmt_pending_valid is executed whenever status != -ECANCELED otherwise calling mgmt_pending_free(cmd) would kfree(cmd) without unlinking it from the list first, leaving a dangling pointer. Any subsequent list traversal (e.g., mgmt_pending_foreach during __mgmt_power_off, or another mgmt_pending_valid call) would dereference freed memory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2074dfffad76981ca451cb7fc98703d04ac562fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/340666172cf747de58c283d2eef1f335f050538bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a89c33deffb3cb7877a7ea2e50734cd12b064f2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f5fa4cd35f707344f65ce9e225b6528691dbbaaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bafec9325d4de26b6c49db75b5d5172de652aae0Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.