CVE-2026-90255

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-17. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime

hci_setup_sync() queues a conn_handle_t with a NULL destroy callback, so the context is only freed if hci_enhanced_setup_sync() actually runs. An entry that is cancelled instead is leaked, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry() does not release entry->data when there is no destroy callback, and hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered.

The context also stores a bare hci_conn pointer, so the connection can be freed while the work is queued. The dequeue in hci_conn_del() does not cover it either, as it matches on entry->data == conn and entry->data is the wrapper here. Same problem as commit 2f5d635ad590 ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_acl/le_sync() callbacks").

Hold the connection and release both from a destroy callback. The submission failure path drops both, since hci_cmd_sync_submit() does not call the destroy callback when it fails to queue.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
32nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42de40abe25db9211107af8896d0fd741f10648d
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d7b1c834d2775b73c65e4888e01f5af8b477fe9
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1fe3c74a89a7749cba3caa0dd91236049c66116
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a661de0ee29d0915c5e924edf91d2be2b4d35bae
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a2ba69cebe3fc5a3d4fa8eaaad3c42862723c27
generic

Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37cfec41365c826d5496ef5d00c9e215eee53aa2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90255(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
—

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 39× in last 7d / 99× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 08:14 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 08:14 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-05 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-04 19:01 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-04 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-04 05:11 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-04 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 15:59 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-03 15:59 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-03 15:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-03 02:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-03 02:46 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-03 02:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-02 13:33 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-02 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-02 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-02 00:18 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-02 00:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-10-01 11:06 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-01 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-30 21:52 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-30 21:52 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-30 21:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-30 08:41 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-30 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-29 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-29 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-29 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-29 05:56 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-29 05:56 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-29 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-28 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-28 16:44 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-28 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-28 03:20 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-28 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-27 14:08 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-27 14:08 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-27 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-27 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-27 00:56 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-27 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-26 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-26 11:45 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-26 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-25 22:33 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-25 22:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-25 09:05 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-25 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-24 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-24 19:53 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-24 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-24 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-24 06:41 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-24 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-09-23 17:28 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-23 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-23 04:10 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-23 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-23 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-22 14:57 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-22 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-22 01:45 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-22 01:45 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-22 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-09-21 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-21 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-20 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-09-20 23:19 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-20 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-09-20 10:07 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-20 10:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-19 20:55 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-19 20:55 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-19 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-19 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-09-19 07:42 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-19 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-09-18 18:30 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-09-18 18:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-18 18:03 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.80
  70. 2026-09-18 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-18 17:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  72. 2026-09-17 17:24 UTCNVD update
  73. 2026-09-17 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90255?
CVE-2026-90255 is a high vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime hcisetupsync() queues a connhandlet with a NULL destroy callback, so the context is only freed if hcienhancedsetup_sync() actually runs. An entry that is cancelled instead is…
When was CVE-2026-90255 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90255 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90255 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90255 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (32nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90255?
CVE-2026-90255 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90255?
No fix for CVE-2026-90255 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90255 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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