CVE-2026-98290 (GCVE-0-2026-98290)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 08:45 – Updated: 2026-10-07 06:49
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Title
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid socket lock inversion in listener cleanup
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid socket lock inversion in listener cleanup rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen() closes unaccepted child sockets through rfcomm_sock_close(), which takes the child socket lock before rfcomm_dlc_close() acquires rfcomm_mutex. The RFCOMM worker takes these locks in reverse order while handling connections and DLC state changes, so lockdep reports a possible deadlock. Close dequeued children without taking their socket lock. The accept queue owns a reference to each child, and bt_accept_dequeue() locks the child while unlinking it and clearing its parent pointer. Dropping the child lock makes it important to prevent a concurrent rfcomm_connect_ind() from enqueueing a new child after cleanup observes an empty queue. Set a listening socket to BT_CLOSED while its lock is still held, before dropping the lock and draining the queue. The state check in rfcomm_connect_ind() then rejects new children once cleanup starts.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < eb4adaa46e4c9e6efa7be3ce06398f4d7c39b57c (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < 4aafb47301a799d3e01230d6568c4e93524e1523 (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < c741977e413f5b49d306700820fb55ccb8269f5a (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < c6792c441767256030606eb82dca5d5fc360dd9a (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < bfce253f039eb5f58b810af267942a9f59207254 (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < 18174b166547ef41973cc19feb5ef9cab39a8def (git)
Affected: b7ce436a5d798bc59e71797952566608a4b4626b , < 801fb950cae7048eb7d83b18857d1ca37b8cd5a4 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.222 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.189 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.158 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.112 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.54 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.8 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2026-98290",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/2026/cve-2026-98290.json",
      "version": "2"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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