CVE-2026-98109

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Oct 19, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix race condition during device registration

In hci_register_dev(), the power_on work item is queued to hdev->req_workqueue before initializing hdev->adv_monitors_idr and registering the MSFT extension via msft_register(). For devices marked with quirks such as HCI_QUIRK_RAW_DEVICE, the HCI_UNCONFIGURED flag is set on the device. When the power_on work item runs concurrently on another CPU, hci_power_on() detects that the device is unconfigured and immediately invokes hci_dev_do_close(), which calls msft_do_close().

Concurrently, msft_register() allocates the msft structure and exposes it to hdev->msft_data prior to calling mutex_init(&msft->filter_lock). If msft_do_close() executes while hdev->msft_data is already assigned but the mutex has not yet been initialized, mutex_lock(&msft->filter_lock) operates on an uninitialized mutex, triggering a DEBUG_LOCKS warning:

DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 at __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 [inline] WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 at __mutex_lock+0x12d8/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 ... Call Trace: <TASK> msft_do_close+0x308/0x7b0 net/bluetooth/msft.c:693 hci_dev_close_sync+0x86b/0x10a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5522 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:499 [inline] hci_power_on+0x32c/0x750 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:937 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0x92d/0xe10 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK>

Fix this by moving the queue_work() call in hci_register_dev() to after idr_init(&hdev->adv_monitors_idr) and msft_register(hdev) so that device structures and extensions are fully initialized before asynchronous tasks can access them. Additionally, assign hdev->msft_data in msft_register() only after mutex_init(&msft->filter_lock) has completed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2026
Last modified
Oct 19, 2026
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

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CVE-2026-98109: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix