intel bluetooth driver

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The intel bluetooth driver tag covers discussions about Intel Bluetooth hardware and its associated software drivers, with a focus on Linux kernel security and stability. Recent content highlights a specific vulnerability, CVE-2026-31500, which involves a race condition in the Intel Bluetooth driver that can lead to a kernel use-after-free during hardware error recovery and device shutdown. The issue arises because the btintel_hw_error function issues synchronous HCI commands without proper locking, allowing collision with btintel_shutdown_combined. This tag is relevant for users troubleshooting Intel Bluetooth connectivity, updating drivers, or monitoring security patches for Linux systems.

  1. CVE-2026-31500 Intel Bluetooth Race Fix: Prevent Kernel UAF in Shutdown Recovery

    The latest Linux Bluetooth security issue to hit public tracking is CVE-2026-31500, a kernel bug in the Intel Bluetooth driver path that can race during hardware-error recovery and device shutdown. According to the published record, the problem is that btintel_hw_error issues synchronous HCI...
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