FKIE_CVE-2026-93209

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-24 16:17 - Updated: 2026-09-24 16:17
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb BT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110). The kernel log shows the HCI Read Local Version command was sent and the firmware replied with status 0x00 (logged by hci_req_cmd_complete() BT_DBG), but the waiter in __hci_cmd_sync_sk() never woke up and timed out after 10 s: bluetooth hci0: Opcode 0xfc00 // __hci_cmd_sync_sk bluetooth hci0: opcode 0xfc00 plen 1 // hci_cmd_sync_add bluetooth hci0: skb len 4 // hci_cmd_sync_alloc bluetooth hci0: length 1 // hci_req_sync_run Bluetooth: hci0 cmd_cnt 1 cmd queued 1 // hci_cmd_work Bluetooth: hci0 type 1 len 4 // hci_send_frame Bluetooth: opcode 0xfc00 status 0x00 // hci_req_cmd_complete <-- req_skb NULL: req_complete_skb not set, hci_cmd_sync_complete() never called, req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND --> <-- 10 s later: wait_event_interruptible_timeout expires --> bluetooth hci0: end: err -110 // __hci_cmd_sync_sk The root cause is that hci_send_cmd_sync() clones the sent command into hdev->req_skb so that hci_req_cmd_complete() can locate the registered completion callback. Under memory pressure this skb_clone() fails, leaving hdev->req_skb NULL. The firmware reply is received and processed, but hci_req_cmd_complete() finds NULL req_skb, so hci_cmd_sync_complete() is never called, req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND, and the waiter times out with -ETIMEDOUT. req_skb is only used to read bt_cb(skb)->hci callbacks and opcode -- it is never modified. Replace skb_clone() with skb_get(), which simply increments the reference count of hdev->sent_cmd without allocating new memory and therefore cannot fail. This issue was first observed as a use-after-free in ttyport_close() when ttyport_open() failed, which was investigated in an earlier patch series [1]. That investigation led to the discovery of the true root cause described above. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430111617.1151390-1-quic_cxin@quicinc.com/
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0337fb092873a4146aa854acb554675b49c8f6b5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f66d5b8a5663af498f7ccc94fc79fb47a2191f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0b28e9655f4b3195210627577f81883dc1d0162
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5eef0747071934a1c080ee617fa4fd3566394c5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7723320db4c9cb9ec2b9a36140e6c641dd77814
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5afdff569a09d1cb8cf19826199d024725576cb
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb\n\nBT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110).  The kernel log\nshows the HCI Read Local Version command was sent and the firmware\nreplied with status 0x00 (logged by hci_req_cmd_complete() BT_DBG),\nbut the waiter in __hci_cmd_sync_sk() never woke up and timed out\nafter 10 s:\n\n  bluetooth hci0: Opcode 0xfc00              // __hci_cmd_sync_sk\n  bluetooth hci0: opcode 0xfc00 plen 1       // hci_cmd_sync_add\n  bluetooth hci0: skb len 4                  // hci_cmd_sync_alloc\n  bluetooth hci0: length 1                   // hci_req_sync_run\n  Bluetooth: hci0 cmd_cnt 1 cmd queued 1     // hci_cmd_work\n  Bluetooth: hci0 type 1 len 4               // hci_send_frame\n  Bluetooth: opcode 0xfc00 status 0x00       // hci_req_cmd_complete\n  \u003c-- req_skb NULL: req_complete_skb not set,\n      hci_cmd_sync_complete() never called,\n      req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND            --\u003e\n  \u003c-- 10 s later: wait_event_interruptible_timeout expires --\u003e\n  bluetooth hci0: end: err -110              // __hci_cmd_sync_sk\n\nThe root cause is that hci_send_cmd_sync() clones the sent command\ninto hdev-\u003ereq_skb so that hci_req_cmd_complete() can locate the\nregistered completion callback.  Under memory pressure this\nskb_clone() fails, leaving hdev-\u003ereq_skb NULL.  The firmware reply\nis received and processed, but hci_req_cmd_complete() finds NULL\nreq_skb, so hci_cmd_sync_complete() is never called, req_status\nstays HCI_REQ_PEND, and the waiter times out with -ETIMEDOUT.\n\nreq_skb is only used to read bt_cb(skb)-\u003ehci callbacks and opcode --\nit is never modified.  Replace skb_clone() with skb_get(), which\nsimply increments the reference count of hdev-\u003esent_cmd without\nallocating new memory and therefore cannot fail.\n\nThis issue was first observed as a use-after-free in ttyport_close()\nwhen ttyport_open() failed, which was investigated in an earlier\npatch series [1].  That investigation led to the discovery of the\ntrue root cause described above.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430111617.1151390-1-quic_cxin@quicinc.com/"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-93209",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-24T16:17:15.710",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:17:15.710",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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