CVE-2026-68085

Updated on 10 Aug 2026

Severity

8.0 High severity

Details

CVSS score
8.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

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

Bluetooth: hci_uart: clear HCI_UART_SENDING when write_work is canceled

HCI_UART_SENDING bit in tx_state means write_work is pending and blocks queueing it again. Currently this bit is not cleared when canceling the work in hci_uart_close(), which blocks future writes when device is reopened later if write_work was pending.

Fix by clearing HCI_UART_SENDING when canceling the work.

Also make clearing of tx_skb safe by using disable_work_sync + enable_work instead of just cancel_work_sync. hci_uart_flush() purges the proto tx queue so we can cancel the pending write_work there, instead of doing it just in hci_uart_close(). Re-enable and possibly requeue the work after queue flush.

Details

Affected packages:
linux @ 4.19.0 (+4 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU In Rollout
20 kernels
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els2
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els3
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els4
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els5
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els6
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els7
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els2
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els3
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els4
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els5
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els6
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els7
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els8
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els10
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els11
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els12
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els13
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els14
Debian 13 Released
2 kernels
  • 6.12.94-1
  • 6.12.95-1
Ubuntu 24.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 AWS Planned —
Ubuntu 26.04 Planned —