# CVE-2026-89569: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling

> A race condition in the Linux kernel Bluetooth RFCOMM module allows a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or system crash.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-100721, BELL-CVE-2026-89569, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89569, GHSA-xxfx-9m42-x999, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89569

## What is CVE-2026-89569?

CVE-2026-89569 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 11 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: RFCOMM: serialize security confirmation handling

rfcomm_security_cfm() looks up a session on session_list and then walks
its DLC list without holding rfcomm_mutex. Since RFCOMM session teardown
uses rfcomm_mutex, krfcommd can close and free the same session and DLCs
concurrently:

  hci_rx_work                    krfcommd
  -----------                    ---------
  rfcomm_session_get()
                                 rfcomm_lock()
                                 rfcomm_session_close()
                                   rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
                                   rfcomm_session_del()
                                     kfree(s)
                                 rfcomm_unlock()
  walk s->dlcs

The callback can then read a freed session list head and touch freed DLCs
while updating their flags or timers.

Serialize the session lookup and DLC traversal in rfcomm_security_cfm()
with rfcomm_mutex. This matches the existing RFCOMM session lifetime
rules and prevents concurrent rfcomm_session_del() / rfcomm_dlc_unlink()
from tearing the objects down while the callback is using them.

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888111fb3960 by task kworker/u17:1/89
  Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work
  Call Trace:
   rfcomm_security_cfm+0x41c/0x440
   hci_encrypt_cfm+0x139/0x590
   hci_encrypt_change_evt+0x37b/0xc40
   hci_event_packet+0x71b/0xb20
   hci_rx_work+0x293/0x730
  Allocated by task 69:
   rfcomm_session_add+0x9e/0x2f0
   rfcomm_run+0x44b/0x41e0
  Freed by task 69:
   kfree+0x131/0x3c0
   rfcomm_session_del+0x188/0x220
   rfcomm_run+0x1985/0x41e0

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-89569?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-89569?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-89569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-89569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-89569 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-89569 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 11 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-2026-89569 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-2026-89569/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-89569/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89569
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89569
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-89569

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