{"id":"CVE-2026-93209","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb\n\nBT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110)","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb\n\nBT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110).  The kernel log\nshows the HCI Read Local V…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= da77c1d39bc527b31890bfa0405763c82828defb < 0337fb092873a4146aa854acb554675b49c8f6b5","Linux >= 2af7aa6685e22d0dc546b0d27e5f16d3afe211fa < d5eef0747071934a1c080ee617fa4fd3566394c5","Linux >= 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a < d7723320db4c9cb9ec2b9a36140e6c641dd77814","Linux >= 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a < d0b28e9655f4b3195210627577f81883dc1d0162","Linux >= 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a < 26f66d5b8a5663af498f7ccc94fc79fb47a2191f","Linux >= 2615fd9a7c2507eb3be3fbe49dcec88a2f56454a < f5afdff569a09d1cb8cf19826199d024725576cb","Linux 4ff121be63b761950610f422437aaaef8e075c40","Linux 18a4c59af609994552c8b39c5438304e070e55c7","Linux >= 6.1.83 < 6.1.118","Linux >= 6.6.23 < 6.6.157","Linux >= 6.7.11 < 6.8","Linux >= 6.8.2 < 6.9","Linux 6.9"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T16:17:15.710","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93209","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0337fb092873a4146aa854acb554675b49c8f6b5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f66d5b8a5663af498f7ccc94fc79fb47a2191f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0b28e9655f4b3195210627577f81883dc1d0162","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5eef0747071934a1c080ee617fa4fd3566394c5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7723320db4c9cb9ec2b9a36140e6c641dd77814","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5afdff569a09d1cb8cf19826199d024725576cb","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T15:45:56.672Z","slug":"CVE-2026-93209","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_core: use skb_get() instead of skb_clone() for req_skb\n\nBT enable fails intermittently with -ETIMEDOUT (-110).  The kernel log\nshows the HCI Read Local Version command was sent and the firmware\nreplied with status 0x00 (logged by hci_req_cmd_complete() BT_DBG),\nbut the waiter in __hci_cmd_sync_sk() never woke up and timed out\nafter 10 s:\n\n  bluetooth hci0: Opcode 0xfc00              // __hci_cmd_sync_sk\n  bluetooth hci0: opcode 0xfc00 plen 1       // hci_cmd_sync_add\n  bluetooth hci0: skb len 4                  // hci_cmd_sync_alloc\n  bluetooth hci0: length 1                   // hci_req_sync_run\n  Bluetooth: hci0 cmd_cnt 1 cmd queued 1     // hci_cmd_work\n  Bluetooth: hci0 type 1 len 4               // hci_send_frame\n  Bluetooth: opcode 0xfc00 status 0x00       // hci_req_cmd_complete\n  <-- req_skb NULL: req_complete_skb not set,\n      hci_cmd_sync_complete() never called,\n      req_status stays HCI_REQ_PEND            -->\n  <-- 10 s later: wait_event_interruptible_timeout expires -->\n  bluetooth hci0: end: err -110              // __hci_cmd_sync_sk\n\nThe root cause is that hci_send_cmd_sync() clones the sent command\ninto hdev->req_skb so that hci_req_cmd_complete() can locate the\nregistered completion callback.  Under memory pressure this\nskb_clone() fails, leaving hdev->req_skb NULL.  The firmware reply\nis received and processed, but hci_req_cmd_complete() finds NULL\nreq_skb, so hci_cmd_sync_complete() is never called, req_status\nstays HCI_REQ_PEND, and the waiter times out with -ETIMEDOUT.\n\nreq_skb is only used to read bt_cb(skb)->hci callbacks and opcode --\nit is never modified.  Replace skb_clone() with skb_get(), which\nsimply increments the reference count of hdev->sent_cmd without\nallocating new memory and therefore cannot fail.\n\nThis issue was first observed as a use-after-free in ttyport_close()\nwhen ttyport_open() failed, which was investigated in an earlier\npatch series [1].  That investigation led to the discovery of the\ntrue root cause described above.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430111617.1151390-1-quic_cxin@quicinc.com/\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}