# Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix command skb lifetime during scan setup

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99014`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99014`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:20 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `de3c85d321bfb85b7742a6cfab95d680da3e26b1 to before f01cbddfb4273fcc9a786d13b0a2525029023605` (git)
  - affected: `22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 to before 119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8` (git)
  - affected: `22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 to before 7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922` (git)
  - affected: `22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 to before 762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236d` (git)
  - affected: `22cbf4f84c00da64196eb15034feee868e63eef0 to before 9af12272061d206af8bc3e40215cb694421ab73a` (git)
  - affected: `7a54f8314584f78fb0557153b1059924249ef628` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.28 to before 6.6.160` (semver)
  - affected: `6.8.7 to before 6.9` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.9`
  - unaffected: `before 6.9` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.11 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99014](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99014)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99014](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99014)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f01cbddfb4273fcc9a786d13b0a2525029023605>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119ba8070b3f112dd36c897f4f70ea5bb7d370b8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7db33b36213a3a1a40940c009ddac30670b55922>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/762850c203fab1190ad6a3de41cd51920b22236d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af12272061d206af8bc3e40215cb694421ab73a>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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