# CVE-2026-98732: Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel\_hw\_error()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.3.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel_hw_error() The "Exception info %s" print uses skb->data + 1, but the 12-byte payload is not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated and can be read past its end. Bound the print with "%.*s" and skb->len - 1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/162bb126d5c07a0150a171f8f3f1996e445922b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d850e34c73175f5d7860b17f4810fcb6e5ab8727
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fa8630506f36374911772647bc5bcfeb47c5195
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be58b239d2be5da7a7fac11d3eb8bf75dce6511b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc7de352f3f3864369c904aac944c7de84c6e7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42ce5373405ca93946311652c51ccfeb1c2d913
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673f707518e8ef03306f84c512cb160971f175fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40eb4b18ad167b63644c27fa67a7400ba050379a

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