# CVE-2026-98292: Bluetooth: btmtksdio, btmtkuart: validate WMT event length before struct access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from e0b67035a90b58d01f911fed77b6e3da153da66e, fixed in 5a5cfd8488c97e1b8939515429fe4c81e9f2df4f; from e0b67035a90b58d01f911fed77b6e3da153da66e, fixed in 8879e3e0a84a86954c855caceead4867e74a9a27
- Linux: 5.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.1.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btmtksdio, btmtkuart: validate WMT event length before struct access btmtksdio.c and btmtkuart.c cast a received WMT event straight to struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt and read its op/flag fields without checking the event is long enough to contain them, unlike btmtk.c. The FUNC_CTRL case then further casts to struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt_funcc and reads its 2-byte status field, again without a length check. Firmware that sends a short or malformed WMT event makes both drivers read past the end of the received SKB. Mirror btmtk.c: validate the base WMT header with skb_pull_data() before touching any of its fields, and when a FUNC_CTRL event turns out to be the short, header-only form (a plain enable/disable ack with no status word), decode the result from the header's own flag byte instead (0 = success, otherwise failure). Verified setup on MT7920, MT7921, MT7922 and MT7925: no regression.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5cfd8488c97e1b8939515429fe4c81e9f2df4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8879e3e0a84a86954c855caceead4867e74a9a27

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