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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2025-38117 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pending list which can cause crashes like: =============================================

[NVD] CVE-2025-38117 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pending list which can cause crashes like: =============================================

lownvdPublished 2025-07-03

CVE-2025-38117 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2025-07-03T09:15:25.617

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

Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock

This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pending list which can cause crashes like:

================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38117