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High 8.8Published Aug 28, 2026

CVE-2026-80692Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_acl/le_sync() callbacks

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_acl/le_sync() callbacks There is theoretical UAF if the conn is freed while the hci_sync task is running. Hold refcount to avoid that.

CVSS
8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Received
Record last updated
Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 881559af5f5c545f6828e7c74d79813eb886d523 before a4de6fc95b2f36967fc247ae51cad2171194f7cd; 881559af5f5c545f6828e7c74d79813eb886d523 builds before 9a77f296aff4b2ca5f2928ab3a3220c82d8b4074; 881559af5f5c545f6828e7c74d79813eb886d523 builds before 2f5d635ad5906b0235bc0c870e8beba3116e1e98; d948e1ffa1d40240d5c81af6dcbcb87b39cb8d3c; 5dd0bd277a0a936708a33ecc447dce77a08cbde6; from 6.6.51 before 6.7; from 6.8.9 before 6.9
CNA record

References

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