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CVE-2026-46138
published 2026-05-28

CVE-2026-46138: 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…

PriorityP340high8.1CVSS 3.1
AVAACLPRNUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
0.28%
19.9th percentile
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.

Affected

45 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6.4.16 < 6.56.5
linuxlinux>= 6.5.3 < 6.66.6
linuxlinux>= a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 < 6cb7f67bc28da787499291a562d49a084d9c90cd6cb7f67bc28da787499291a562d49a084d9c90cd
linuxlinux>= a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 < 22559ad7654f61727fc270ee4893da9f4b70cf1722559ad7654f61727fc270ee4893da9f4b70cf17
linuxlinux>= a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 < 77981a507aa0fc001dc37f0dd6631dd2042fed1777981a507aa0fc001dc37f0dd6631dd2042fed17
linuxlinux>= a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 < 665da0baaf0396f9ed3c86ccb3955dcd0b73e774665da0baaf0396f9ed3c86ccb3955dcd0b73e774
linuxlinux>= a0bfde167b506423111ddb8cd71930497a40fc54 < 5ddb8014261137cadaf83ab5617a588d80a225865ddb8014261137cadaf83ab5617a588d80a22586
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.306.18.30
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 7.0.77.0.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.4.16 < 6.56.5
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5.3 < 6.6.1406.6.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.886.12.88
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fde
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fips

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
vendor_ubuntu7.0HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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