What is CVE-2026-23299?

CVE-2026-23299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-23299?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23299

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: purge error queues in socket destructors When TX timestamping is enabled via SO_TIMESTAMPING, SKBs may be queued into sk_error_queue and will stay there until…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 134f4b39df7b77225a80ef585c15d46f964f5e6f, 6.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23299?: CVE-2026-23299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-23299?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.