CVE-2026-43018

high

Published 2026-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-08

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: fix potential UAF in hci_le_remote_conn_param_req_evt hci_conn lookup and field access must be covered by hdev lock in hci_le_remote_conn_param_req_evt, otherwise it's possible it is freed concurrently. Extend the hci_dev_lock critical section to cover all conn usage.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

82%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
—	Affected	`6.1.168`

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.12.85-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.19.12-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.19.12-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.170-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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