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CVE-2026-68085 (GCVE-0-2026-68085)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 11:51 – Updated: 2026-08-17 04:58
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: hci_uart: clear HCI_UART_SENDING when write_work is canceled
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_uart: clear HCI_UART_SENDING when write_work is canceled HCI_UART_SENDING bit in tx_state means write_work is pending and blocks queueing it again. Currently this bit is not cleared when canceling the work in hci_uart_close(), which blocks future writes when device is reopened later if write_work was pending. Fix by clearing HCI_UART_SENDING when canceling the work. Also make clearing of tx_skb safe by using disable_work_sync + enable_work instead of just cancel_work_sync. hci_uart_flush() purges the proto tx queue so we can cancel the pending write_work there, instead of doing it just in hci_uart_close(). Re-enable and possibly requeue the work after queue flush.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 81c7a3c22a0f2808cf4ae0b4908f59763b23606d , < d52446b3e735cfdbdc2a58342163803bc2e64249 (git)
Affected: 192cb0f1ca706d9a1bc36ae0ad5f666d1e4fd894 , < b9dd39cf1667e378b25a082ca796d495d578c5d3 (git)
Affected: c1bb9336ae6b54a5f6a353c4bd4ed9a4307e429b , < 714d861d35d937f23375a4517569b13917bbbe51 (git)
Affected: c1bb9336ae6b54a5f6a353c4bd4ed9a4307e429b , < 1b0d946d6f08bd39211385bc703a440911b41e46 (git)
Affected: 78aad93e938f013d9272fe0ee168f27883afa95c (git)
Affected: e2d19969c8d9198ecc3090bcd5312ecd503a3339 (git)
Affected: c85cff648a2bc92322912db5f1727ad05afae7b6 (git)
Affected: 9d20d48be2c4a071fb015eb09bda2cecd25daf34 (git)
Affected: 7338031946bd06f6dff149e67b60c4cd083bfea8 (git)
Affected: 6.12.92 , < 6.12.96 (semver)
Affected: 6.18.34 , < 6.18.39 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.258 , < 5.11 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.209 , < 5.16 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.175 , < 6.2 (semver)
Affected: 6.6.142 , < 6.7 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.11 , < 7.1 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.96 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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