CVE Watchtower

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CVE-2026-99010NVD

Vulnerability Summary

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.
Severity Level
UNKNOWN
Published Date
Oct 23, 2026
Last Modified
Oct 30, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.18%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
N/A

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
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Patched Versions
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