CVE-2026-43017

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2026 at 02:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1686.1 ≤ v < 6.12.816.1 ≤ v < 6.18.226.1 ≤ v < 6.19.126.1 ≤ v < 6.6.1346.1 ≤ v < 7.06.13 ≤ v < 6.18.226.19 ≤ v < 6.19.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1346.7 ≤ v < 6.12.816.17.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.0 rc57.0 rc6b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3
Vendor states this is fixed in 0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 562ed1954f0c1bff3422b7b752bd3dacf185edbf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bda93eec78cdbfe5cda00785cefebd443e56b88b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in edb5898cfa91afe7e8f83eda18d93034c953d632 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.168 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.134 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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