# CVE-2026-80764: Bluetooth: hci_event: fix LE list UAF on reset

> A race condition in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free, potentially causing a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

- **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-99575, BELL-CVE-2026-80764, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80764, GHSA-8pvh-g785-qf97, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80764

## What is CVE-2026-80764?

CVE-2026-80764 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_event: fix LE list UAF on reset

hci_cc_reset() clears the LE accept and resolving lists without taking
hdev->lock. Other command-complete handlers serialize updates to these
lists with that lock, and the debugfs readers hold it while walking them.

This permits the reset completion and a debugfs read to interleave as
follows:

  hci_rx_work                 debugfs reader
  -----------                 --------------
                              lock hdev->lock
                              fetch current entry
  list_del(entry)
  kfree(entry)
                              read entry fields

The reader then dereferences a freed list entry and may follow its stale
next pointer.

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in white_list_show+0x15f/0x180
  Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881015dab16 by task poc/95

  Call Trace:
   white_list_show+0x15f/0x180
   seq_read_iter+0x3ff/0x1190
   seq_read+0x267/0x3d0
   vfs_read+0x177/0xa20
   ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0

  Allocated by task 91:
   hci_bdaddr_list_add+0x1a6/0x3a0
   hci_cc_le_add_to_accept_list+0xab/0x140
   hci_cmd_complete_evt+0x26c/0x9a0
   hci_event_packet+0x454/0xb20
   hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730

  Freed by task 90:
   kfree+0x131/0x3c0
   hci_bdaddr_list_clear+0xd8/0x160
   hci_cc_reset+0x28a/0x370
   hci_cmd_complete_evt+0x26c/0x9a0
   hci_event_packet+0x454/0xb20
   hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730

Take hdev->lock around both list clears. This matches the existing
mutation and traversal locking convention.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80764?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-80764?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-80764 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-80764 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-80764 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-2026-80764 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-2026-80764/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80764/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80764
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80764
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-80764

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