CVE-2026-43023: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_connect()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_connect() sco_sock_connect() checks sk_state and sk_type without holding the socket lock. Two concurrent connect() syscalls on the same socket can both pass the check and enter sco_connect(), leading to use-after-free. The buggy scenario involves three participants and was confirmed with additional logging instrumentation: Thread A (connect): HCI disconnect: Thread B (connect): sco_sock_connect(sk) sco_sock_connect(sk) sk_state==BT_OPEN sk_state==BT_OPEN (pass, no lock) (pass, no lock) sco_connect(sk): sco_connect(sk): hci_dev_lock hci_dev_lock hci_connect_sco <- blocked -> hcon1 sco_conn_add->conn1 lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_add: conn1->sk = sk sk->conn = conn1 sk_state=BT_CONNECT release_sock hci_dev_unlock hci_dev_lock sco_conn_del: lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_del: sk->conn=NULL conn1->sk=NULL sk_state= BT_CLOSED SOCK_ZAPPED release_sock hci_dev_unlock (unblocked) hci_connect_sco -> hcon2 sco_conn_add -> conn2 lock_sock(sk) sco_chan_add: sk->conn=conn2 sk_state= BT_CONNECT // zombie sk! release_sock hci_dev_unlock Thread B revives a BT_CLOSED + SOCK_ZAPPED socket back to BT_CONNECT. Subsequent cleanup triggers double sock_put() and use-after-free. Meanwhile conn1 is leaked as it was orphaned when sco_conn_del() cleared the association. Fix this by: - Moving lock_sock() before the sk_state/sk_type checks in sco_sock_connect() to serialize concurrent connect attempts - Fixing the sk_type != SOCK_SEQPACKET check to actually return the error instead of just assigning it - Adding a state re-check in sco_connect() after lock_sock() to catch state changes during the window between the locks - Adding sco_pi(sk)->conn check in sco_chan_add() to prevent double-attach of a socket to multiple connections - Adding hci_conn_drop() on sco_chan_add failure to prevent HCI connection leaks
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< dabf22269242e2f2bf44c43fcdc2fa763df7f9cc (from 70a13b1e25fef37c87c8a1228ddb8900efbca7cf) · < adb90cd0f9f7a8d438fcb93354040fbafc5ae2a0 (from 9a8ec9e8ebb5a7c0cfbce2d6b4a6b67b2b78e8f3) · < 7e296ffdab5bdab718dff7c14288fdcb9154fa27 (from 9a8ec9e8ebb5a7c0cfbce2d6b4a6b67b2b78e8f3) · < 98c8d3bfdaa657d8f472dbbebd7ea8cd816d8a8d (from 9a8ec9e8ebb5a7c0cfbce2d6b4a6b67b2b78e8f3) · < d002bd11024bd231bcb606877e33951ffb7bed14 (from 9a8ec9e8ebb5a7c0cfbce2d6b4a6b67b2b78e8f3) · < 8a5b0135d4a5d9683203a3d9a12a711ccec5936b (from 9a8ec9e8ebb5a7c0cfbce2d6b4a6b67b2b78e8f3)
- Linux / Linux6.3Fixed in 0, 6.1.168, 6.6.134, 6.12.81, 6.18.22, 6.19.12, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H