CVE-2025-38118
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416
Use After Free
Publication date:
03/07/2025
Last modified:
17/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete<br />
<br />
This reworks MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR to not use mgmt_pending_add to<br />
avoid crashes like bellow:<br />
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==================================================================<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406<br />
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801c53f318 by task kworker/u5:5/5341<br />
<br />
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5341 Comm: kworker/u5:5 Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-10402-g4cb6c8af8591 #0 PREEMPT(full)<br />
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014<br />
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work<br />
Call Trace:<br />
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dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120<br />
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]<br />
print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521<br />
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634<br />
mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406<br />
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x261/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334<br />
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]<br />
process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321<br />
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402<br />
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464<br />
ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148<br />
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245<br />
<br />
<br />
Allocated by task 5987:<br />
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]<br />
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68<br />
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]<br />
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394<br />
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]<br />
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358<br />
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]<br />
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]<br />
mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252<br />
mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279<br />
remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454<br />
hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719<br />
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839<br />
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]<br />
__sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727<br />
sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131<br />
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]<br />
vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686<br />
ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738<br />
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f<br />
<br />
Freed by task 5989:<br />
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]<br />
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68<br />
kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576<br />
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]<br />
__kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264<br />
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]<br />
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2380 [inline]<br />
slab_free mm/slub.c:4642 [inline]<br />
kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4841<br />
mgmt_pending_foreach+0xc9/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:242<br />
mgmt_index_removed+0x10d/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9366<br />
hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314<br />
__sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1810 [inline]<br />
__sys_bind+0x2c3/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1841<br />
__do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1846 [inline]<br />
__se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1844 [inline]<br />
__x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1844<br />
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.12 (including) | 6.1.142 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.94 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.34 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.3 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32aa2fbe319f33b0318ec6f4fceb63879771a286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9aba9cbdf163e2654be9f82d43ff8a04273962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df3e5e7f7e4653fd9802878cedc36defc5ef42d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f66b6531c2b4e996bb61720ee94adb4b2e8d1be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6ed54e86aae9e4f7286ce8d5c73780f91b48d1c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



