SUSE CVE-2026-53072

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix locking in hciconnrequestevt with HCIPROTODEFER When protocol sets HCIPROTODEFER, hciconnrequestevt calls hciconnectcfmconn without hdev-lock. Generally hciconnectcfm assumes it is held, and if conn is deleted...

Bluetooth: fix locking in hci_conn_request_evt() with HCI_PROTO_DEFER

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CVE-2026-53072

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix locking in hciconnrequestevt with HCIPROTODEFER When protocol sets HCIPROTODEFER, hciconnrequestevt calls hciconnectcfmconn without hdev-lock. Generally hciconnectcfm assumes it is held, and if conn is deleted...

CVE-2026-53072

The CVE-2026-53072 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem, specifically hci_conn_request_evt() when HCI_PROTO_DEFER is active. The issue arises because hci_connect_cfm(conn) is called without holding hdev->lock, breaking the expected lock discipline and allowing a Use-After...