5.7
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-92241
Bluetooth Classic AVRCP browsing channel can deadlock the Bluetooth receive thread, hanging the host
Description

The AVRCP browsing channel's L2CAP receive-buffer callback, browsing_avrcp_l2cap_alloc_buf() in subsys/bluetooth/host/classic/avrcp.c, allocated from the shared avctp_browsing_rx_pool with K_FOREVER. L2CAP invokes that callback from the Bluetooth RX work queue thread (bt_workq, "BT RX WQ"), both for the head buffer of a new SDU and — through l2cap_br_alloc_frag() and net_buf_append_bytes() — for every further fragment of a reassembled SDU. That same thread is the only context that ever releases these buffers, after bt_l2cap_br_recv_seg() delivers a completed SDU and calls net_buf_unref(), so a wait taken there can never be satisfied. The pool holds CONFIG_BT_MAX_CONN + 1 buffers of CONFIG_BT_AVRCP_BROWSING_L2CAP_MTU bytes (two buffers of 339 bytes in the default configuration). A connected browsing peer can drain it because bt_l2cap_br_recv_seg() in subsys/bluetooth/host/classic/l2cap_br.c accepts the SDU length declared in an SAR_START segment without bounding it by br_chan->rx.mtu: a peer that announces a large SDU and then streams continuation segments forces one pool buffer per segment-worth of data. Once the pool is empty the next allocation blocks forever inside the callback. Triggering the flaw requires a build with CONFIG_BT_CLASSIC and the experimental CONFIG_BT_AVRCP_BROWSING option, an application that registers AVRCP callbacks, and a BR/EDR peer that has established the AVRCP control channel and then the browsing channel, which requires an encrypted (paired) link. No malformed packet is needed — a few hundred bytes of ordinary segmented L2CAP traffic suffice. The consequence is a permanent hang of the whole Bluetooth host, not just of AVRCP: the blocked thread drains bt_dev.rx_queue for all HCI ACL data and low-priority events and also runs the host's internal work items, so all connections stop being serviced and the state is unrecoverable without a reboot. There is no memory-corruption or information-disclosure component. The fix allocates with K_NO_WAIT, so an empty pool now yields a local-busy indication or a channel disconnect that the application can recover from.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 13, 2026, 2:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 13, 2026, 2:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Zephyrproject zephyr
2 Zephyrproject zephyr
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM e2e69745-5e70-4e92-8431-deb5529a81ad
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Fix buffer allocation to use K_NO_WAIT to prevent permanent hangs.
  • Modify buffer allocation to use K_NO_WAIT.
  • Handle local-busy indications or disconnects.
  • Update Bluetooth host firmware.
  • Reboot the system if necessary.
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URL Resource
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/c8c2438f05165397347613b44dd8e9eaa1243139
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-8vpg-4235-9qjj
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The AVRCP browsing channel's L2CAP receive-buffer callback, browsing_avrcp_l2cap_alloc_buf() in subsys/bluetooth/host/classic/avrcp.c, allocated from the shared avctp_browsing_rx_pool with K_FOREVER. L2CAP invokes that callback from the Bluetooth RX work queue thread (bt_workq, "BT RX WQ"), both for the head buffer of a new SDU and — through l2cap_br_alloc_frag() and net_buf_append_bytes() — for every further fragment of a reassembled SDU. That same thread is the only context that ever releases these buffers, after bt_l2cap_br_recv_seg() delivers a completed SDU and calls net_buf_unref(), so a wait taken there can never be satisfied. The pool holds CONFIG_BT_MAX_CONN + 1 buffers of CONFIG_BT_AVRCP_BROWSING_L2CAP_MTU bytes (two buffers of 339 bytes in the default configuration). A connected browsing peer can drain it because bt_l2cap_br_recv_seg() in subsys/bluetooth/host/classic/l2cap_br.c accepts the SDU length declared in an SAR_START segment without bounding it by br_chan->rx.mtu: a peer that announces a large SDU and then streams continuation segments forces one pool buffer per segment-worth of data. Once the pool is empty the next allocation blocks forever inside the callback. Triggering the flaw requires a build with CONFIG_BT_CLASSIC and the experimental CONFIG_BT_AVRCP_BROWSING option, an application that registers AVRCP callbacks, and a BR/EDR peer that has established the AVRCP control channel and then the browsing channel, which requires an encrypted (paired) link. No malformed packet is needed — a few hundred bytes of ordinary segmented L2CAP traffic suffice. The consequence is a permanent hang of the whole Bluetooth host, not just of AVRCP: the blocked thread drains bt_dev.rx_queue for all HCI ACL data and low-priority events and also runs the host's internal work items, so all connections stop being serviced and the state is unrecoverable without a reboot. There is no memory-corruption or information-disclosure component. The fix allocates with K_NO_WAIT, so an empty pool now yields a local-busy indication or a channel disconnect that the application can recover from.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-833
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/92xxx/CVE-2026-92241.json">CVE-2026-92241</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/c8c2438f05165397347613b44dd8e9eaa1243139
    Added Reference https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-8vpg-4235-9qjj
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