{"cve":"CVE-2025-68305","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T16:16:10.030","modified":"2026-10-14T16:10:00.250","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_sock: Prevent race in socket write iter and sock bind\n\nThere is a potential race condition between sock bind and socket write\niter. bind may free the same cmd via mgmt_pending before write iter sends\nthe cmd, just as syzbot reported in UAF[1].\n\nHere we use hci_dev_lock to synchronize the two, thereby avoiding the\nUAF mentioned in [1].\n\n[1]\nsyzbot reported:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_pending_remove+0x3b/0x210 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:316\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888077164818 by task syz.0.17/5989\nCall Trace:\n mgmt_pending_remove+0x3b/0x210 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:316\n set_link_security+0x5c2/0x710 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1918\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:727 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742\n sock_write_iter+0x279/0x360 net/socket.c:1195\n\nAllocated by task 5989:\n mgmt_pending_add+0x35/0x140 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296\n set_link_security+0x557/0x710 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1910\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:727 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742\n sock_write_iter+0x279/0x360 net/socket.c:1195\n\nFreed by task 5991:\n mgmt_pending_free net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:311 [inline]\n mgmt_pending_foreach+0x30d/0x380 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:257\n mgmt_index_removed+0x112/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9477\n hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fcb0344bc0dd5b13d7e4e98f8b6bf25a6d4ff7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7344feaed3c8aa46d397984ae855e6026d3c3e95","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bb613511cc21ed5ba6bddc1c9b9ae9c0dad392","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e90c05fc5bbea956450a05cc3b36b8fa29cf195e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe68510fc99bb4b88c9c611f83699749002d515a"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68305","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08257,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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 vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}