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CVE-2026-53255

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks tlv_data_is_valid() reads each advertising data field length from data[i], then inspects data[i + 1] for managed EIR types before checking that the current field still fits inside the supplied buffer. A malformed field whose length byte is the last byte of the buffer can therefore make the parser read one byte past the advertising data. KASAN reported the following when a malformed MGMT_OP_ADD_ADVERTISING request reached that path: BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tlv_data_is_valid() Read of size 1 Call trace: tlv_data_is_valid() add_advertising() hci_mgmt_cmd() hci_sock_sendmsg() Move the existing element-length check before any type-octet inspection so each non-empty element is proven to contain its type byte before the parser looks at data[i + 1].

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 13ad995071a06570668dd8daab3616c247c72080affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 06fcbd79c3c360a50f9be9d370769bbd738d0976affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < f7093ac233c1e7f51d125534f46067772a113175affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 74c08e4db35a476c3462aeb65846f955be732626affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 18fea1cb0c2599752e908c8217490f73ddd33e00affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 1a3c8ffbb469859b076445af44bdfa6a711d483eaffected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < 2a3f3ed9e198ae23c15859ace2f9ca6cfdc35b57affected
  • 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 to < de23fb62259aa01d294f77238ae3b835eb674413affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.9affected
  • 0 to < 4.9unaffected
  • 5.10.259 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.210 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.176 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.94 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.36 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References