# CVE-2026-74532: Bluetooth: btintel: Validate length before parsing diagnostics TLV

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: Validate length before parsing diagnostics TLV btintel_diagnostics() accesses tlv->val[0] without first validating that the diagnostics VSE is long enough to contain that field, so may cause reading data beyond the received frame. Fix by validating the length before access.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c31be902ccbbb0b2c23159a1481dce80d1f9753d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd20e30bdbd707ea8ced581f3d7f9e9854634b17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c618a9a5b08ea2e17bddf4e948be9f75d408fca4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec9c3dc52302b891513f608f5fb478349b15ab3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b640ff9af3c809ff5ea2077fbba17df1594ec1e4

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