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CVE-2026-46138

Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.5, 6.6, 6.6.140, 6.12.88, 6.18.30, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt hci_le_create_big_complete_evt() iterates over BT_BOUND connections for a BIG handle using a while loop, accessing ev->bis_handle[i++] on each iteration. However, there is no check that i stays within ev->num_bis before the array access. When a controller sends a LE_Create_BIG_Complete event with fewer bis_handle entries than there are BT_BOUND connections for that BIG, or with num_bis=0, the loop reads beyond the valid bis_handle[] flex array into adjacent heap memory. Since the out-of-bounds values typically exceed HCI_CONN_HANDLE_MAX (0x0EFF), hci_conn_set_handle() rejects them and the connection remains in BT_BOUND state. The same connection is then found again by hci_conn_hash_lookup_big_state(), creating an infinite loop with hci_dev_lock held. Fix this by terminating the BIG if in case not all BIS could be setup properly.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 · fixed in 6cb7f67bc28da787499291a562d49a084d9c90cd; From a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 · fixed in 22559ad7654f61727fc270ee4893da9f4b70cf17; From a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 · fixed in 77981a507aa0fc001dc37f0dd6631dd2042fed17; From a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 · fixed in 665da0baaf0396f9ed3c86ccb3955dcd0b73e774; From a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 · fixed in 5ddb8014261137cadaf83ab5617a588d80a22586; From 6.4.16 · fixed in 6.5; From 6.5.3 · fixed in 6.6

  • Linux Linux

    6.6

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.6.0 · fixed in 6.6.140; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.88; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.30; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.0.7

References 5

git.kernel.org