CVE-2026-64408: Linux kernel · Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in df22adc7eafc22e651561813c11dc51a796b12ee : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in df22adc7eafc22e651561813c11dc51a796b12ee, bb067a99a0356196c0b89a95721985485ebce5a5, ae215c5b6422d8eda443b861b124bd1be6969c31 +5
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 25 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration bnep_add_connection() reads the L2CAP connection without holding the channel lock, then passes its HCI device to register_netdev(). Controller teardown can clear and release that connection concurrently, leaving the network device registration path to dereference a freed parent device. Take a reference to the L2CAP connection while holding the channel lock. Retain it until register_netdev() has taken the parent device reference.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/390b5db3ff8745187f094c4e915663b7b1f98944 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a88784c4c9b96954dd86f747ce93f65efa1302 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/551ae773ec64045b4e72099132654887e0270bcc (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae215c5b6422d8eda443b861b124bd1be6969c31 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22adc7eafc22e651561813c11dc51a796b12ee (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b22dbd80926556290ad2243be25218d6956a19 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/563a8573047182f550b1e1e030615755cd8c41da (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb067a99a0356196c0b89a95721985485ebce5a5 (opens in a new tab)