CVE-2026-53252
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev() Early failures in Bluetooth HCI UART configuration leak SRCU percpu memory.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev() Early failures in Bluetooth HCI UART configuration leak SRCU percpu memory. When device initialization fails before hci_register_dev() completes, the HCI_UNREGISTER flag is never set. As a result, when the device reference count reaches zero, bt_host_release() evaluates this flag as false and falls back to a direct kfree(hdev). Because hci_release_dev() is bypassed, the SRCU struct initialized early in hci_alloc_dev() is never cleaned up, resulting in a leak of percpu memory. Fix the leak by explicitly calling cleanup_srcu_struct() in the fallback (unregistered) branch of bt_host_release() before freeing the device.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0622e527a31d4b44737fed5c1a2ac1fc2cfb5184Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37b3009bf5976e8ab77c8b9a9bc3bbd7ff49e37fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7dfca6f852e6b9d809fd0263b5427cc9fb33fdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc2efe73c194a74839d7cf57b63880d97e21d309Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c016118b9e51eeaf5bc93850d4c455a3b583c0aaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4b4cac3c5749b6aa75e62e2991ae2263f2f889Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82799407a50af7bcacacf09cc9b279af8fe9b81Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.