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CVE-2026-23146

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CVSS
5.3 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
1.2
Published
2026-02-14
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix null-ptr-deref in hci_uart_write_work hci_uart_set_proto() sets HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT before calling hci_uart_register_dev(), which calls proto->open() to initialize hu->priv. However, if a TTY write wakeup occurs during this window, hci_uart_tx_wakeup() may schedule write_work before hu->priv is initialized, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in hci_uart_write_work() when proto->dequeue() accesses hu->priv. The race condition is: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- hci_uart_set_proto() set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT) hci_uart_register_dev() tty write wakeup hci_uart_tty_wakeup() hci_uart_tx_wakeup() schedule_work(&hu->write_work) proto->open(hu) // initializes hu->priv hci_uart_write_work() hci_uart_dequeue() proto->dequeue(hu) // accesses hu->priv (NULL!) Fix this by moving set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT) after proto->open() succeeds, ensuring hu->priv is initialized before any work can be scheduled. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth HCI UART driver. A race condition exists where the `hci_uart_write_work()` function may attempt to access uninitialized private data if a TTY write wakeup occurs during the protocol initialization phase. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, potentially causing a system crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Coverage 3

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