# CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev-\>{dev\_name,short\_name}

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-08-09 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78, fixed in dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80
- Linux: 4.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80

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