CVE WatchJul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-53252

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev() Early fail

CVSS

5.5

Medium

EPSS

0.1%

KEV

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Exploit Today

0-100

Published: Jun 25, 2026 · Last modified: Jul 8, 2026 · CWE-401

EPSS · 30d

0.1%EPSS · 30 days0.2%

2026-06-302026-07-16

Technical description

In 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.

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