Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection This is required for passing GAP/SEC/SEM/BI-04-C PTS test case: Security Mode 4 Level 4, Responder - Invalid Encryption Key Size • 128 bit This tests the security key with size from 1 to 15 bytes while the Security Mode 4 Level 4 requests 16 bytes key size. Currently PTS fails with the following logs: • expected:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [3 (0x0003)] Connection refused - Security block Status: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt), but received:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: [1 (0x01)] Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: [64 (0x0040)] Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [0 (0x0000)] Connection Successful Status: [0 (0x0000)] No further information available And HCI logs: < HCI Command: Read Encrypti.. (0x05|0x0008) plen 2 Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) > HCI Event: Command Complete (0x0e) plen 7 Read Encryption Key Size (0x05|0x0008) ncmd 1 Status: Success (0x00) Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) Key size: 7 > ACL Data RX: Handle 14 flags 0x02 dlen 12 L2CAP: Connection Request (0x02) ident 1 len 4 PSM: 4097 (0x1001) Source CID: 64 < ACL Data TX: Handle 14 flags 0x00 dlen 16 L2CAP: Connection Response (0x03) ident 1 len 8 Destination CID: 64 Source CID: 64 Result: Connection successful (0x0000) Status: No further information available (0x0000)

Timeline

1. Sep 24, 2025, 11:02 AM UTCCVE published
2. Jan 14, 2026, 5:37 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Aug 5, 2026, 12:05 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  Version range not reported

• Linux Linux

  5.11

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