CVE-2026-74300

Bluetooth: hci: validate codec capability element length

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:58 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci: validate codec capability element length Read Local Codec Capabilities returns a sequence of capability elements. Each element starts with a one-byte length followed by that many payload bytes. hci_read_codec_capabilities() checks that the skb contains the length byte, but then validates only caps->len against the remaining skb length. A malformed controller response with one remaining byte and caps->len set to one passes that check even though the element needs two bytes. The parser then records a two-byte capability and copies one byte beyond the advertised response payload into the codec list. Validate the full element size, including the length byte, before adding it to the accumulated capability length. This preserves all well-formed capability elements and drops only truncated controller responses.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 290b36f9d1eb9b2f72b40d826f26b4a182ab15f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4bc16db0f11918e07edf9fdcda4a30cf4c9df45c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c38fbcdc407925c7088f7e5f11c1fff73d2d35a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec4d352747a62c1082f16c11a74b37d6eb85a5a3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2ad01f55e07f9531efcea736087e6b8658a3440 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fc97fc8cf7f53fd3619db63e09050d20a3a0c4b1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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