In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown
syzbot hit a NULL pointer dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown() when an
RFCOMM tty is closed.
rfcomm_dev_add() puts the new device on rfcomm_dev_list first and only
then registers the tty device and saves it in dev->tty_dev. If that
registration fails, dev->tty_dev is never set at all. The device can be
looked up in the meantime, so an open() of /dev/rfcommN gets through
rfcomm_tty_install() and attaches to it. When that tty is closed again,
rfcomm_dev_shutdown() uses dev->tty_dev without checking it:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047]
RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dev_shutdown+0x48/0xb0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c:131
Call Trace:
tty_port_shutdown+0x1bf/0x220 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:372
tty_port_close+0x4e/0x150 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:705
tty_release+0x359/0x1670 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718
__fput+0x418/0xa50 fs/file_table.c:512
rfcomm_dev_destruct() already copes with a NULL dev->tty_dev. Add the
same check to rfcomm_dev_shutdown(), so the tty device is only moved
when it was actually registered.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown syzbot hit a NULL pointer dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown() when an RFCOMM tty is closed. rfcomm_dev_add() puts the new device on rfcomm_dev_list first and only then registers the tty device and saves it in dev->tty_dev. If that registration fails, dev->tty_dev is never set at all. The device can be looked up in the meantime, so an open() of /dev/rfcommN gets through rfcomm_tty_install() and attaches to it. When that tty is closed again, rfcomm_dev_shutdown() uses dev->tty_dev without checking it: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047] RIP: 0010:rfcomm_dev_shutdown+0x48/0xb0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c:131 Call Trace: tty_port_shutdown+0x1bf/0x220 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:372 tty_port_close+0x4e/0x150 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:705 tty_release+0x359/0x1670 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718 __fput+0x418/0xa50 fs/file_table.c:512 rfcomm_dev_destruct() already copes with a NULL dev->tty_dev. Add the same check to rfcomm_dev_shutdown(), so the tty device is only moved when it was actually registered. | |
| Title | Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix NULL tty_dev dereference in rfcomm_dev_shutdown | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2026-10-23T12:20:33.355Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T12:20:33.355Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.385Z
Link: CVE-2026-99008
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:23.290
Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:23.290
Link: CVE-2026-99008
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