CVE-2026-72337 Affecting kernel-azure-extra package, versions <6.12.0-160000.38.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELAZUREEXTRA-20329276
  • published30 Sept 2026
  • disclosed22 Sept 2026

Introduced: 22 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-72337  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-azure-extra to version 6.12.0-160000.38.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure-extra package and not the kernel-azure-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

Bluetooth: 6lowpan: avoid untracked enable work

lowpan_enable_set() allocates a temporary work item and schedules do_enable_set() on system_wq, then returns to debugfs. The debugfs active operation has ended at that point, but the worker still executes module text and manipulates enable_6lowpan and listen_chan.

bt_6lowpan_exit() removes the debugfs files and immediately closes and puts listen_chan. It has no pointer to the queued work item, so it cannot cancel or flush it before tearing down the state that the worker uses.

The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path:

debugfs enable write module exit

  1. lowpan_enable_set() allocates 1. bt_6lowpan_exit() removes set_enable work the debugfs file
  2. schedule_work() queues 2. bt_6lowpan_exit() closes do_enable_set() and puts listen_chan
  3. the write operation returns 3. module teardown can continue
  4. do_enable_set() later runs against stale state

Run the enable state transition synchronously in lowpan_enable_set() instead. The simple debugfs setter can sleep, and this file already handles the 6LoWPAN control write synchronously under the same set_lock. Once the setter returns, debugfs removal covers the whole operation and exit can no longer race with an untracked work item.

Validation reproduced this kernel report: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_enable_set+0x113/0x2e0 Workqueue: events do_enable_set [bluetooth_6lowpan] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888109cb8000

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1