# CVE-2026-80762: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix accept list UAF during suspend

> A use-after-free in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows local attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially escalate privileges during device suspension.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **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:** 4 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-99486, BELL-CVE-2026-80762, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80762, GHSA-vfp4-72g2-6675, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80762

## What is CVE-2026-80762?

CVE-2026-80762 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Sep 2026. 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: hci_sync: Fix accept list UAF during suspend

hci_update_event_filter_sync() walks hdev->accept_list while sending a
synchronous HCI command for each remote-wakeup device.  The suspend path
holds hdev->req_lock, but accept-list updates are serialized by hdev->lock.
Consequently, remove_device() can free the current list entry during the
controller wait.

The following interleaving causes the use-after-free:

  hci_update_event_filter_sync()    remove_device()
  fetch accept-list entry
  hci_set_event_filter_sync()
    wait for controller response    hci_dev_lock()
                                    list_del()
                                    kfree()
                                    hci_dev_unlock()
  read the freed list.next

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_suspend_sync+0x835/0x910
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810bec8440 by task kworker/0:1/10
  Workqueue: events vhci_suspend_work
  Call Trace:
   hci_suspend_sync+0x835/0x910
   hci_suspend_dev+0x182/0x450
   process_one_work+0x661/0x1090
   worker_thread+0x45b/0xd10

  Allocated by task 86:
   hci_bdaddr_list_add_with_flags+0x1a8/0x400
   add_device+0x381/0x820
   hci_sock_sendmsg+0x1033/0x1ea0

  Freed by task 91:
   kfree+0x131/0x3c0
   remove_device+0x429/0xb70
   hci_sock_sendmsg+0x1033/0x1ea0

Snapshot the remote-wakeup addresses under hdev->lock.  Release the lock
before sending HCI commands.  Clear the controller event filter before
building the snapshot, and skip allocation and the second list traversal
when there are no matching entries.  This preserves the original filter
and scan-state updates without retaining an accept-list node across a
controller wait.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80762?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-80762?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-80762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-80762 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-80762 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Sep 2026. 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-2026-80762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2026-80762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80762/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80762
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80762
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-80762

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