{"cve":"CVE-2025-38118","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-03T09:15:25.757","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:28.383","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete\n\nThis reworks MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR to not use mgmt_pending_add to\navoid crashes like bellow:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88801c53f318 by task kworker/u5:5/5341\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5341 Comm: kworker/u5:5 Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-10402-g4cb6c8af8591 #0 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]\n print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521\n kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634\n mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406\n hci_cmd_sync_work+0x261/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321\n worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402\n kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464\n ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245\n </TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 5987:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394\n kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]\n mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252\n mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279\n remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454\n hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719\n hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727\n sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFreed by task 5989:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576\n poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]\n __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2380 [inline]\n slab_free mm/slub.c:4642 [inline]\n kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4841\n mgmt_pending_foreach+0xc9/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:242\n mgmt_index_removed+0x10d/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9366\n hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314\n __sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1810 [inline]\n __sys_bind+0x2c3/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1841\n __do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1846 [inline]\n __se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1844 [inline]\n __x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1844\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32aa2fbe319f33b0318ec6f4fceb63879771a286","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9aba9cbdf163e2654be9f82d43ff8a04273962","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df3e5e7f7e4653fd9802878cedc36defc5ef42d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f66b6531c2b4e996bb61720ee94adb4b2e8d1be","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6ed54e86aae9e4f7286ce8d5c73780f91b48d1c"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38118","score":0.00196,"percentile":0.09177,"date":"2026-10-26"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited 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CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}