High severity · published Jul 20, 2026
CVE-2026-64206
Bluetooth: L2CAP: cancel pending_rx_work before taking conn->lock
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: cancel pending_rx_work before taking conn->lock
l2cap_conn_del() takes conn->lock and then calls cancel_work_sync() for
pending_rx_work. process_pending_rx() takes the same mutex, so teardown
can deadlock against the worker it is flushing.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually
reviewed against the current tree.
The grounded PoC kept the l2cap_conn_ready() -> queue_work(...,
&conn->pending_rx_work) submit path, the l2cap_conn_del() ->
cancel_work_sync(&conn->pending_rx_work) teardown path, and the
process_pending_rx() -> mutex_lock(&conn->lock) worker edge. Lockdep
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
process_pending_rx+0x21/0x2a [vuln_msv]
l2cap_conn_del.constprop.0+0x3f/0x4e [vuln_msv]
*** DEADLOCK ***
Cancel pending_rx_work before taking conn->lock, matching the existing
lock-before-drain ordering used for the two delayed works in the same
teardown path. The pending_rx queue is still purged after the work has
been cancelled and conn->lock has been acquired.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.15.5 before 3.16; 3.16.1 before 5.10.261; 5.11 before 5.15.212; 5.16 before 6.1.178; 6.2 before 6.6.145; 6.7 before 6.12.97; +10 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before fc0c3b9cf27cfa2a06f66dae1d08c668fe0a2faa; 7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before 9901f847a762a5d953871dd95767ce2aed3d684d; 7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before 4a0bb0fd63fe2b0c62e1072cd1811d6f61e0081c; 7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before 8daaf7f73fe998631a160d1a5a7e1b0b0480eef8; 7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before 8de7b386ffad480ca59222b688c94a2da8f0d805; 7ab56c3a6eccb215034b0cb096e0313441cbf2a4 before d5616beb3355b5fca2280d796c1cf7ada4ee6551; +5 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64206
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64206
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2641a9e0a1dd4af2e21995470a21d55dd35e5203
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a0bb0fd63fe2b0c62e1072cd1811d6f61e0081c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8daaf7f73fe998631a160d1a5a7e1b0b0480eef8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de7b386ffad480ca59222b688c94a2da8f0d805
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9901f847a762a5d953871dd95767ce2aed3d684d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5616beb3355b5fca2280d796c1cf7ada4ee6551
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