CVE-2026-53252

NameCVE-2026-53252
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev() Early failures in Bluetooth HCI UART configuration leak SRCU percpu memory. When device initialization fails before hci_register_dev() completes, the HCI_UNREGISTER flag is never set. As a result, when the device reference count reaches zero, bt_host_release() evaluates this flag as false and falls back to a direct kfree(hdev). Because hci_release_dev() is bypassed, the SRCU struct initialized early in hci_alloc_dev() is never cleaned up, resulting in a leak of percpu memory. Fix the leak by explicitly calling cleanup_srcu_struct() in the fallback (unregistered) branch of bt_host_release() before freeing the device.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4665-1, DLA-4671-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.259-1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.176-1fixed
trixie6.12.94-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.95-1fixed
forky, sid7.1.3-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.176-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye(not affected)
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.176-1DLA-4665-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.94-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.0.13-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.176-1~deb11u1DLA-4671-1

Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/37b3009bf5976e8ab77c8b9a9bc3bbd7ff49e37f (7.1-rc7)

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