CVE-2026-13213

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13213
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-13213.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-13213
Aliases
  • GHSA-9rj8-3fvm-cc9f
Published
2026-08-24T17:10:37Z
Modified
2026-08-28T14:32:48Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Bluetooth HAS: NULL-pointer dereference DoS when a bonded peer reconnects before bt_has_register
Details

The Hearing Access Service (HAS) GATT server in subsys/bluetooth/audio/has.c installs a connection-callback set unconditionally via BT_CONN_CB_DEFINE, so security_changed() runs for every connection that establishes security even before the application has called bt_has_register(). The service attribute pointers hearing_aid_features_attr, preset_control_point_attr, and active_preset_index_attr remain NULL until bt_has_register() resolves them and sets has.registered.

With CONFIG_BT_SETTINGS, settings_set_cb() restores each bonded client's persisted context at boot and unconditionally sets context->flags to BONDED_CLIENT_INIT_FLAGS (non-zero). When a previously bonded peer reconnects and re-establishes security during the startup window before bt_has_register() has been called, security_changed() sees the non-zero flags and schedules notify_work_handler, which calls bt_gatt_is_subscribed() with a still-NULL attribute pointer. That triggers an assertion (__ASSERT(attr, ...) in bt_gatt_is_subscribed()), or a NULL dereference of attr->uuid when assertions are compiled out.

The result is a remotely triggerable (Bluetooth, adjacent) crash of the HAS peripheral. Exploitation requires the peer to have previously bonded with the device and to reconnect within the boot-time race window before the application registers the service; a peer that reconnects persistently can prolong the outage. Impact is denial of service only, with no memory corruption or information disclosure.

The fix adds an early if (!has.registered) { return; } guard in security_changed(), so no notification work is scheduled until the GATT service is registered and its attribute pointers are valid.

Database specific
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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Events
Database specific
Show details
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Affected versions

v3.*
v3.6.0
v3.7.0
v3.7.0-rc1
v3.7.0-rc2
v3.7.0-rc3
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0-rc1
v4.0.0-rc2
v4.0.0-rc3
v4.1.0
v4.1.0-rc1
v4.1.0-rc2
v4.1.0-rc3
v4.2.0
v4.2.0-rc1
v4.2.0-rc2
v4.2.0-rc3
v4.3.0
v4.3.0-rc1
v4.3.0-rc2
v4.3.0-rc3
v4.4.0
v4.4.0-rc1
v4.4.0-rc2
v4.4.0-rc3

Database specific

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