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Linux Linux — Bluetooth: hci_sysfs: Fix attempting to call device_add multiple times
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0024 14.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux b219e3ac66183fc9771b94af931fb5fd41d586ec – —
Linux 2.6.19 – 4.9.331
TIMELINE
Sep 17 Reserved by Linux
Sep 18 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-50419 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sysfs: Fix attempting to call device_add multiple times
device_add shall not be called multiple times as stated in its
documentation:
'Do not call this routine or device_register() more than once for
any device structure'
Syzkaller reports a bug as follows [1]:
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:33!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__list_add include/linux/list.h:69 [inline]
list_add_tail include/linux/list.h:102 [inline]
kobj_kset_join lib/kobject.c:164 [inline]
kobject_add_internal+0x18f/0x8f0 lib/kobject.c:214
kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:358 [inline]
kobject_add+0x150/0x1c0 lib/kobject.c:410
device_add+0x368/0x1e90 drivers/base/core.c:3452
hci_conn_add_sysfs+0x9b/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c:53
hci_le_cis_estabilished_evt+0x57c/0xae0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:6799
hci_le_meta_evt+0x2b8/0x510 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7110
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7440 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0x63d/0xfd0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7495
hci_rx_work+0xae7/0x1230 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4007
process_one_work+0x991/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306
</TASK>
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 17, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 18, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-50419 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | b219e3ac66183fc9771b94af931fb5fd41d586ec | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.19 | 4.9.331 |
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