# CVE-2024-50148: Bluetooth: bnep: fix wild-memory-access in proto_unregister

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth BNEP module allows local attackers to cause a system crash via wild memory access during module removal.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-53271, AZL-53316, BELL-CVE-2024-50148, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50148, GHSA-998p-xc25-r3jq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50148

## What is CVE-2024-50148?

CVE-2024-50148 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

Bluetooth: bnep: fix wild-memory-access in proto_unregister

There's issue as follows:
  KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead...108-0xdead...10f]
  CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 2805 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G        W
  RIP: 0010:proto_unregister+0xee/0x400
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   __do_sys_delete_module+0x318/0x580
   do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

As bnep_init() ignore bnep_sock_init()'s return value, and bnep_sock_init()
will cleanup all resource. Then when remove bnep module will call
bnep_sock_cleanup() to cleanup sock's resource.
To solve above issue just return bnep_sock_init()'s return value in
bnep_exit().

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50148?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50148?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50148 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50148 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50148/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50148
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50148
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50148

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