CVE-2026-90088

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Validate MTU in rfcomm_apply_pn() to prevent infinite loop

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Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:06 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Validate MTU in rfcomm_apply_pn() to prevent infinite loop rfcomm_apply_pn() accepts the MTU value from a remote PN (Parameter Negotiation) frame without checking for zero. When the remote peer sends an MTU of zero, d->mtu is set to 0. This causes the sendmsg path to enter an infinite loop when fragmenting data, as each fragment has size == min_t(size_t, len, 0) == 0, so the remaining length never decreases. The infinite allocation of zero-length skbs exhausts all system memory. Fix by clamping d->mtu to RFCOMM_DEFAULT_MTU when the negotiated value is zero, consistent with the initial value assigned in rfcomm_dlc_alloc().

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 3988cbb1be501dbff909a2ee024670e3c955a66d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 44c98fd082eafd49d55a8a4077ff488175b2fe24 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9b2e5f1928c99224345a9ed8c5dae5fc74964d6d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aeee917a4878af95f0c63e18c5f22eaf6299c7b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cbc2962da99b6b89345267d3aa74b4b573340548 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e7c0aa45ae6c5a338661b23812bfcdef50bf3e96 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f561e44261344adadf9d6a6dff31e3af9776d5c6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fc4851ff8dfb505e9a19efcc286712132bbd178d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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