{"id":"CVE-2026-98633","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix skb leak in nxp_process_fw_dump()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix skb leak in nxp_process_fw_dump()\n\nWhen CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP=n, hci_devcd_append() returns -EOPNOTSUPP\nwithout freeing its skb argument. This leaks the cloned skb and also\nprevents nxp_set_ind_reset() from being called to perform recovery.\n\nFix by guarding the hci_devcd_append(hdev, skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC))\ncall with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP).","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T15:19:58.365Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:23:02.041Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"8a36598050cd1e5abb1d5ed42cc224cfcb538c4f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"edcb84ee607a9ddfc6f2771a7f399115f0b0f19d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"f2bbb36426581045a8bf7793da5419b9375e4348","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a36598050cd1e5abb1d5ed42cc224cfcb538c4f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edcb84ee607a9ddfc6f2771a7f399115f0b0f19d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2bbb36426581045a8bf7793da5419b9375e4348"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98633.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98633","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:19:58.365Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:23:02.041Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.361Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix skb leak in nxp_process_fw_dump()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix skb leak in nxp_process_fw_dump()\n\nWhen CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP=n, hci_devcd_append() returns -EOPNOTSUPP\nwithout freeing its skb argument. This leaks the cloned skb and also\nprevents nxp_set_ind_reset() from being called to perform recovery.\n\nFix by guarding the hci_devcd_append(hdev, skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC))\ncall with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP)."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"8a36598050cd1e5abb1d5ed42cc224cfcb538c4f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"edcb84ee607a9ddfc6f2771a7f399115f0b0f19d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"998e447f443f138c90faa6ff3845082af419070e","status":"affected","lessThan":"f2bbb36426581045a8bf7793da5419b9375e4348","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a36598050cd1e5abb1d5ed42cc224cfcb538c4f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edcb84ee607a9ddfc6f2771a7f399115f0b0f19d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2bbb36426581045a8bf7793da5419b9375e4348"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:23:02.041Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.55"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}