Bluetooth: btusb: avoid NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.25 % · percentile 16 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: avoid NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue() A NULL pointer dereference can occur in skb_dequeue() when processing a QCA firmware crash dump on WCN7851 (0489:e0f3). [ 93.672166] Bluetooth: hci0: ACL memdump size(589824) [ 93.672475] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 [ 93.672517] Workqueue: hci0 hci_devcd_rx [bluetooth] [ 93.672598] RIP: 0010:skb_dequeue+0x50/0x80 The issue stems from handle_dump_pkt_qca() returning 0 even when a dump packet is successfully processed. This is because it incorrectly forwards the return value of hci_devcd_init() (which returns 0 on success). As a result, the caller (btusb_recv_acl_qca() or btusb_recv_evt_qca()) assumes the packet was not handled and passes it to hci_recv_frame(), leading to premature kfree() of the skb. Later, hci_devcd_rx() attempts to dequeue the same skb from the dump queue, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by: 1. Making handle_dump_pkt_qca() return 0 on success and negative errno on failure, consistent with kernel conventions. 2. Splitting dump packet detection into separate functions for ACL and event packets for better structure and readability. This ensures dump packets are properly identified and consumed, avoiding double handling and preventing NULL pointer access.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-15927
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-37918
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0246 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0723 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0625 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0607 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0589 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0587 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0529 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.4 < 6.6.90cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.28cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.14.6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 20981ce2d5a5f79d17da1ace3a93df7b3c6ba3d6 < 2e8d44ebaa7babdd5c5ab50ca275826e241920d6 ; affected 20981ce2d5a5f79d17da1ace3a93df7b3c6ba3d6 < b70b41591ec48c78ec6a885e1f57bfc4029e5e13 ; affected 20981ce2d5a5f79d17da1ace3a93df7b3c6ba3d6 < 8563d9fabd8a4b726ba7acab4737c438bf11a059 ; affected 20981ce2d5a5f79d17da1ace3a93df7b3c6ba3d6 < 0317b033abcd1d8dd2798f0e2de5e84543d0bd22 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.4 ; unaffected 0 < 6.4 ; unaffected 6.6.90 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.28 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.14.6 ≤ 6.14.* ; unaffected 6.15 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |