{"id":"CVE-2026-31511","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-31511","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:19:57.997Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: MGMT: Fix dangling pointer on mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_complete\n\nThis fixes the condition checking so mgmt_pending_valid is executed\nwhenever status != -ECANCELED otherwise calling mgmt_pending_free(cmd)\nwould kfree(cmd) without unlinking it from the list first, leaving a\ndangling pointer. Any subsequent list traversal (e.g.,\nmgmt_pending_foreach during __mgmt_power_off, or another\nmgmt_pending_valid call) would dereference freed memory.","published":"2026-04-22T14:16:50.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T19:17:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02528,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2074dfffad76981ca451cb7fc98703d04ac562fe","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/340666172cf747de58c283d2eef1f335f050538b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a89c33deffb3cb7877a7ea2e50734cd12b064f2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f5fa4cd35f707344f65ce9e225b6528691dbbaa","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bafec9325d4de26b6c49db75b5d5172de652aae0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31511","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}