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CVE-2026-31499

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Risk score
44.0
Published
2026-04-22
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix deadlock in l2cap_conn_del() l2cap_conn_del() calls cancel_delayed_work_sync() for both info_timer and id_addr_timer while holding conn->lock. However, the work functions l2cap_info_timeout() and l2cap_conn_update_id_addr() both acquire conn->lock, creating a potential AB-BA deadlock if the work is already executing when l2cap_conn_del() takes the lock. Move the work cancellations before acquiring conn->lock and use disable_delayed_work_sync() to additionally prevent the works from being rearmed after cancellation, consistent with the pattern used in hci_conn_del(). A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth L2CAP component. A deadlock can occur in the `l2cap_conn_del()` function when canceling delayed work, specifically `info_timer` and `id_addr_timer`. This happens because `l2cap_conn_del()` holds a lock while attempting to cancel work functions that also acquire the same lock, creating a circular waiting condition. This concurrency issue can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS), making the system unresponsive.

Weaknesses

CWE-833

Coverage 6

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