CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-98458

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Oct 18, 2026Sources checked Oct 21, 2026

N/ACVSS not listedScore unavailable

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98458. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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Vendor revision: Oct 20, 2026

Release Notes

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-98458?

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

Bluetooth: ISO: release unused CIS holds after channel attach

hci_bind_cis() and hci_connect_cis() return one hci_conn hold for the ISO layer. A new channel association consumes that hold, which is eventually released by iso_conn_free().

There are two cases where iso_chan_add() does not create an association: it returns success when the socket is already attached to the same iso_conn, and it returns -EBUSY when another socket is attached. The hold returned for the current call is unused in both cases.

This occurs when deferred setup calls iso_connect_cis() again for its existing socket, or when another socket attempts to reuse the CIS.

Detect the idempotent case while the connection is locked and release the unused hold after iso_chan_add(). Also release it on -EBUSY.

Do not drop it for other errors: a newly allocated iso_conn releases the transferred hold when its last temporary reference is put.

Source: NVD