CVE-2026-64178

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol BNEP module. A local attacker with administrative network capabilities CAPNETADMIN could exploit a use-after-free vulnerability in the bnepaddconnection function. This occurs because the function fails to properly...

CVE-2026-64178

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: bnep: Fix UAF read of dev-name bnepaddconnection needs to keep holding the bnepsessionsem while reading dev-name just like bnepgetconnlist does; otherwise the bnepsession thread can concurrently free the netdevice, whi...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003207)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003207 advisory. The bnepaddconnection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local use...

Linux Kernel 'bnep_add_connection' function local elevation of privilege vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'bnepaddconnection' function of the net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c file in versions of the Linux kernel prior to 3.19, which stems fr...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15868

The bnepaddconnection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application...