CVE-2026-43020 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 01.05.2026 Updated: 01.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load

Load Long Term Keys stores the user-provided enc_size and later uses it to size fixed-size stack operations when replying to LE LTK requests. An enc_size larger than the 16-byte key buffer can therefore overflow the reply stack buffer.

Reject oversized enc_size values while validating the management LTK record so invalid keys never reach the stored key state.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to 0f37d1e65c6d71ad94ccfb5c602163c525db789d (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to 257cdb960d8ff6d60bb6461b03c814b6cf0c9e64 (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to c34577f517b556fb6ca173d45bf7e766ae2564ce (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to f71695e81f4cb428f3c7e2138eae88199005b52c (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to 82f342b3b006ca1d65f4890c05f2ec32fcb808b6 (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to 50fb64defa72a3fecd0af1ca7c6b47b5c5c2b257 (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to 40ba329e8b4cd2fb11b0caf5e6a543ceaebb6009 (excl.)
  • affected from 346af67b8d116f01ef696fd47959a55deb2db8b6 to b8dbe9648d69059cfe3a28917bfbf7e61efd7f15 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.4 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.4 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.203 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.168 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.134 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.81 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.22 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.12 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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