# CVE-2024-26888: Bluetooth: msft: Fix memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.5, 6.6
- Published: 2024-04-17 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.4.16, fixed in 6.5; from 6.5.3, fixed in 6.6
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: msft: Fix memory leak Fix leaking buffer allocated to send MSFT_OP_LE_MONITOR_ADVERTISEMENT.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.5, 6.6) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e9920c75e0790bff947a00d192d24bf1c724e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5987b9f7d9314c7411136005b3a52f61a8cc0911
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb93417c93716a5404f762f331f5de3653fd952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e06258f4c31eba0fcd503e19828b5f8fe7b08b

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