# CVE-2020-36386: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-07 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.1. net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt, aka CID-51c19bf3d5cf.

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.1
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=ReproC&x=15ca2f46900000
- https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/kasan-slab-out-of-bounds-read-in-hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=51c19bf3d5cfaa66571e4b88ba2a6f6295311101
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4bf11aa05c4ca51ce0df86e500fce486552dc8d2

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