CVE-2026-68188: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-cve-announce
Message-ID <2026081009-CVE-2026-68188-8015@gregkh>
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Description
===========

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios

rfcomm_tty_set_termios() tests dlc->session without rfcomm_mutex and
later passes the pointer to rfcomm_send_rpn(). The latter dereferences
both session->initiator and session->sock. Meanwhile, krfcommd can
unlink the DLC and free the session while holding rfcomm_mutex.

The race can proceed as follows:

  TTY ioctl task                 krfcommd
  --------------                 --------
  load dlc->session
  enter rfcomm_send_rpn()
                                 lock rfcomm_mutex
                                 clear dlc->session
                                 free session
                                 unlock rfcomm_mutex
  read session->initiator

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_send_rpn+0x297/0x2a0
  Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810012a850 by task poc/92

  Call Trace:
   rfcomm_send_rpn+0x297/0x2a0
   rfcomm_tty_set_termios+0x50d/0x850
   tty_set_termios+0x596/0x950
   set_termios+0x46a/0x6e0
   tty_mode_ioctl+0x152/0xbd0
   tty_ioctl+0x915/0x1240
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x134/0x1c0

  Allocated by task 92:
   rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2e0
   rfcomm_dlc_open+0x8b1/0xe00
   rfcomm_dev_activate+0x85/0x1a0
   rfcomm_tty_open+0x90/0x280

  Freed by task 68:
   kfree+0x131/0x3c0
   rfcomm_session_del+0x119/0x180
   rfcomm_run+0x737/0x4710

Add rfcomm_dlc_send_rpn(), which holds rfcomm_mutex while it verifies
that the DLC is still attached and sends the RPN frame. Have the TTY
path use the helper and drop its unlocked session check. This keeps the
session valid through both the frame construction and socket send.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2026-68188 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 2.6.14 with commit 3a5e903c09aed19ca4a1bb26d87b8d6461a93818 and fixed in 6.6.148 with commit 2894bd8c68e97accd758ca6e5fc375d7e9e8882c
	Issue introduced in 2.6.14 with commit 3a5e903c09aed19ca4a1bb26d87b8d6461a93818 and fixed in 6.12.101 with commit a82a9d3891f5607030b0672c255087a12bb9837b
	Issue introduced in 2.6.14 with commit 3a5e903c09aed19ca4a1bb26d87b8d6461a93818 and fixed in 6.18.42 with commit 780b04d09c941262ee2a2b4a09906451b69df8a6
	Issue introduced in 2.6.14 with commit 3a5e903c09aed19ca4a1bb26d87b8d6461a93818 and fixed in 7.1.6 with commit 98bc68194e37bfa5e8ddc80b5c1eb0be4dc607ea
	Issue introduced in 2.6.14 with commit 3a5e903c09aed19ca4a1bb26d87b8d6461a93818 and fixed in 7.2-rc5 with commit c783399efc22d035443f1dfbf2a09bf9562aaa5e

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2026-68188
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
	net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
	net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2894bd8c68e97accd758ca6e5fc375d7e9e8882c
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82a9d3891f5607030b0672c255087a12bb9837b
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780b04d09c941262ee2a2b4a09906451b69df8a6
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bc68194e37bfa5e8ddc80b5c1eb0be4dc607ea
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c783399efc22d035443f1dfbf2a09bf9562aaa5e
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