CVE-2026-52918
HIGH 8.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access bt_sock_poll() walks the accept queue without synchronization, while child teardown can unlink the same socket and drop its last reference. The unsynchronized accept queue walk has existed since the initial Bluetooth import. Protect accept_q with a dedicated lock for queue updates and polling. Also rework bt_accept_dequeue() to take temporary child references under the queue lock before dropping it and locking the child socket.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.8), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 18th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.8CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Must sit on the same / adjacent network
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Weakness (CWE)
Not classified.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ce4de05df2385c19e2c7d12f529144e1a44af1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41c8c1c7923e86e0eb59cfb4279349112756a336
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ec17782fd186f901a7329605d11048b085b945a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be43e6b4043113c3b3cf887c3c8350f67140274c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85f8674cae82053f1e6bab295f6a8422cca14db5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b4c412e001b0c670eb937beab491af974da55b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a218bf69eb51fefe59a3976fa8925261141f681c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e83f5e24da741fa9405aeeff00b08c5ee7c37b88