CVE-2026-89774

About vulnerability

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

Bluetooth: SCO: hold sk properly in sco_conn_ready

sk deref in sco_conn_ready must be done either under conn->lock, or holding a refcount, to avoid concurrent close. conn->sk and parent sk is currently accessed without either, and without checking parent->sk_state:

[Task 1] [Task 2] sco_sock_release sco_conn_ready sk = conn->sk lock_sock(sk) conn->sk = NULL lock_sock(sk) release_sock(sk) sco_sock_kill(sk) UAF on sk deref

and similarly for access to sco_get_sock_listen() return value.

Fix possible UAF by holding sk refcount in sco_conn_ready() and making sco_get_sock_listen() increase refcount. Also recheck after lock_sock that the socket is still valid. Adjust conn->sk locking so it’s protected also by lock_sock() of the associated socket if any.

Affected product:

Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS

Affected packages:

linux @ 5.10.259 (+2 more)

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.