CVE-2026-46123

Bluetooth: virtio_bt: clamp rx length before skb_put

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 09:35 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 01:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: virtio_bt: clamp rx length before skb_put virtbt_rx_work() calls skb_put(skb, len) where len comes directly from virtqueue_get_buf() with no validation against the buffer we posted to the device. The RX skb is allocated in virtbt_add_inbuf() and exposed to virtio as exactly 1000 bytes via sg_init_one(). Checking len against skb_tailroom(skb) is not sufficient because alloc_skb() can leave more tailroom than the 1000 bytes actually handed to the device. A malicious or buggy backend can therefore report used.len between 1001 and skb_tailroom(skb), causing skb_put() to include uninitialized kernel heap bytes that were never written by the device. The same path also accepts len == 0, in which case skb_put(skb, 0) leaves the skb empty but virtbt_rx_handle() still reads the pkt_type byte from skb->data, consuming uninitialized memory. Define VIRTBT_RX_BUF_SIZE once and reuse it in alloc_skb() and sg_init_one(), and gate virtbt_rx_work() on that same constant so the bound checked matches the buffer actually exposed to the device. Reject used.len == 0 in the same gate so an empty completion can no longer reach virtbt_rx_handle(). Use bt_dev_err_ratelimited() because the length value comes from an untrusted backend that can otherwise flood the kernel log. Same class of bug as commit c04db81cd028 ("net/9p: Fix buffer overflow in USB transport layer"), which hardened the USB 9p transport against unchecked device-reported length.

Affected

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

v ≥ 6.0.85.15.78 ≤ v < 5.15.2096.0.8 ≤ v < 6.16.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1756.1 ≤ v < 6.12.886.1 ≤ v < 6.18.306.1 ≤ v < 6.6.1406.1 ≤ v < 7.0.76.1 ≤ v < 7.16.1.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1756.13 ≤ v < 6.18.306.19 ≤ v < 7.0.76.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1406.7 ≤ v < 6.12.88160fbcf3bfb93c3c086427f9f4c8bc70f217e9be5.15.786.0.86.16.1 rc46.1 rc56.1 rc66.1 rc76.1 rc87.1 rc17.1 rc29b67438e315b925a699f0178f4a48baf3d2d6ef4cf2719a21fdb9d4c8e9c834d279163609bef575d
Vendor states this is fixed in 21bd244b6de5d2fe1063c23acc93fbdd2b20d112 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4236e55b2d9d1ffd3b4bdf8ebbb86e5a0a526b4a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c1730099a6fc18b183bd6c1adad3b54adcaeda9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b40cdd1b1370d76e9e760af4490cb4a351cceead (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e6b4296f170d949ebba937cf6a3f247ec9550d2c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ed41c81d30b211a671667259c3b5feeba0e062d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fd91fa2678ab603dfb285416c1cf3843d7be1e41 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.209 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.88 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.140 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

7.7HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusUNDERGOING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-787

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