---
id: CVE-2025-39981
title: 'Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs

  This attemps to fix possible UAFs caused by struct mgmt_pending being
  freed while still being processed like in the following trace,…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd <
    0b60eb04b8524e1b4b3f07fea0d16fda9a677d9a
  - >-
    Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd <
    d71b98f253b079cbadc83266383f26fe7e9e103b
  - >-
    Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd <
    87a1f16f07c6c43771754075e08f45b41d237421
  - >-
    Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd <
    302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab
  - Linux 5.17
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:55:47.798497Z'
published: '2025-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:02:35.479Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39981'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b60eb04b8524e1b4b3f07fea0d16fda9a677d9a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71b98f253b079cbadc83266383f26fe7e9e103b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87a1f16f07c6c43771754075e08f45b41d237421'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0015
epssPercentile: 0.04089
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T22:48:25.535Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs

This attemps to fix possible UAFs caused by struct mgmt_pending being
freed while still being processed like in the following trace, in order
to fix mgmt_pending_valid is introduce and use to check if the
mgmt_pending hasn't been removed from the pending list, on the complete
callbacks it is used to check and in addtion remove the cmd from the list
while holding mgmt_pending_lock to avoid TOCTOU problems since if the cmd
is left on the list it can still be accessed and freed.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_sync+0x35/0x50 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5223
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880709d4dc0 by task kworker/u11:0/55

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 55 Comm: kworker/u11:0 Not tainted 6.16.4 #2 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 mgmt_add_adv_patterns_monitor_sync+0x35/0x50 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5223
 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x210/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/kwqcheii/source/fuzzing/kernel/kasan/linux-6.16.4/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 12210:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4364
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
 mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x1e0 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:269
 mgmt_pending_add+0x35/0x140 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296
 __add_adv_patterns_monitor+0x130/0x200 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5247
 add_adv_patterns_monitor+0x214/0x360 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5364
 hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719
 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:729
 sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1133
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686
 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 12221:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4648 [inline]
 kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4847
 mgmt_pending_free net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:311 [inline]
 mgmt_pending_foreach+0x30d/0x380 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:257
 __mgmt_power_off+0x169/0x350 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9444
 hci_dev_close_sync+0x754/0x1330 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5290
 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:501 [inline]
 hci_dev_close+0x108/0x200 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526
 sock_do_ioctl+0xd9/0x300 net/socket.c:1192
 sock_ioctl+0x576/0x790 net/socket.c:1313
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf
---truncated---

## Affected

- `Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd < 0b60eb04b8524e1b4b3f07fea0d16fda9a677d9a`
- `Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd < d71b98f253b079cbadc83266383f26fe7e9e103b`
- `Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd < 87a1f16f07c6c43771754075e08f45b41d237421`
- `Linux >= cf75ad8b41d2aa06f98f365d42a3ae8b059daddd < 302a1f674c00dd5581ab8e493ef44767c5101aab`
- `Linux 5.17`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.