CVE-2026-99010: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544, 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93, a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544, 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93, a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner rfcomm_recv_data() hands the skb to d->data_ready() and returns 0 without freeing it, so the callback owns the skb from that point on. The tty implementation frees it when the DLC has been detached from its device: static void rfcomm_dev_data_ready(struct rfcomm_dlc *dlc, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct rfcomm_dev *dev = dlc->owner; if (!dev) { kfree_skb(skb); return; } The socket implementation returns without freeing it, and the skb is leaked. A connected DLC can have no owner: rfcomm_sock_destruct() clears d->owner, while the DLC itself stays on the session until it is closed. Data frames that arrive in that window still find d->state == BT_CONNECTED in rfcomm_recv_data() and are handed to the callback, one leaked skb each. The leak does not stop on its own either. The remote runs out of credits only once RFCOMM_RX_THROTTLED is set, and for a socket the only place that sets it is rfcomm_sk_data_ready() itself, below the return. rfcomm_process_dlcs() keeps granting credits, so the remote keeps sending and the leak keeps growing. Free the skb, as the tty side does.
- Published
- Oct 23, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 2.6.12affected
- 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9affected · git
- 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99affected · git
- 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544affected · git
- 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aefaffected · git
- 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93affected · git
- before 2.6.12not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.113 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.57 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.113-1 | 6.12.113-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.11-1 | 7.2.11-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2026-74612veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment40Plan
- CVE-2026-74475vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()40Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99008Oct 23, 2026 · Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown0Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99009Oct 23, 2026 · Bluetooth: RFCOMM: connect the session socket without rfcomm_mutex0Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-99011Oct 23, 2026 · Bluetooth: SCO: serialise sco_conn lifetime against sco_recv_scodata()28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 4f46de658ce61968aef5ea7ae809d1c180330544 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 9d1afbf60ed53c5b051cd124153e0ae3078c8b93 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a54ce160e3ef7e50ec94e0ac4131c3d0f9f739b9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b8814161b14c610b7a09527433301d8ad8180aef | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | c3f76b025cbbb0ab47310dbe7de18092d89f2a99 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.113-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayOct 28, 2026+5 d
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1390 · Oct 26, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
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Weakness class (CWE)
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Change log
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- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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