{"id":"CVE-2026-53251","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53251","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:15:24.279Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: Fix not releasing hdev reference on iso_conn_big_sync hci_get_route() returns a reference-counted hci_dev pointer via hci_dev_hold().","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: ISO: Fix not releasing hdev reference on iso_conn_big_sync\n\nhci_get_route() returns a reference-counted hci_dev pointer via\nhci_dev_hold(). The function exits normally or with an error without ever\nreleasing it.","published":"2026-06-25T09:16:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-08T16:51:26.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-772"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01967,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23e8eb16820b866528fb300dc67fe3f67f00ef62","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33d677d2e3713d98012c3dbd4a9207f7d785b854","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bbec25f47b930101294fd310c627c3f53e9661f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cbf290b79351971f20c7a533247e8d58a3f970c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53251","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."}