# CVE-2024-43884: Bluetooth: MGMT: Add error handling to pair\_device()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Add error handling to pair_device() hci_conn_params_add() never checks for a NULL value and could lead to a NULL pointer dereference causing a crash. Fixed by adding error handling in the function.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11b4b0e63f2621b33b2e107407a7d67a65994ca1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e1ff1c15e5a8f3023ca8266e3a85869ed03ee9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df9783bd85610d3d6e126a1aca221531f6f6dcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/951d6cb5eaac5130d076c728f2a6db420621afdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5da2884292329bc9be32a7778e0e119f06abe503
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064dd929c76532359d2905d90a7c12348043cfd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0799103b1ae4bcfd80dc11a15df085f6ee1b61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538fd3921afac97158d4177139a0ad39f056dbb2

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