CVE-2026-74529: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold conn in hci_connect_pa_sync() callback There is theoretical UAF if the conn is freed while the hci_sync task is running. Hold refcount to avoid that.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.12.28, before 6.13 (fixed in 6.13); from 6.14.6, before 6.15 (fixed in 6.15); from 6.15, before 7.1.8 (fixed in 7.1.8)

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-17.