CVE-2026-43334 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: SMP: force responder MITM requirements before building the pairing response

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

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

Bluetooth: SMP: force responder MITM requirements before building the pairing response

smp_cmd_pairing_req() currently builds the pairing response from the initiator auth_req before enforcing the local BT_SECURITY_HIGH requirement. If the initiator omits SMP_AUTH_MITM, the response can also omit it even though the local side still requires MITM.

tk_request() then sees an auth value without SMP_AUTH_MITM and may select JUST_CFM, making method selection inconsistent with the pairing policy the responder already enforces.

When the local side requires HIGH security, first verify that MITM can be achieved from the IO capabilities and then force SMP_AUTH_MITM in the response in both rsp.auth_req and auth. This keeps the responder auth bits and later method selection aligned.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to 425a22c5373d4e1b46492ab869074ebeeade61f3 (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to 7ab69426e7ecbd18a222ee2ec87ca612d30197d7 (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to 01bb4045d2306c266178f49ce0c3576d237a3040 (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to 91649c02c1baaa18cedf7fb425fa1f0f852c8183 (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to c8ff0ca6508535bccabd81c5c9dcc63de8a3d4fb (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to fa14e0e19820b1bbdb42185c9c4efa950bcffef9 (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to ec17efb1ef91506cfd17a77692eaf4bbacb520ea (excl.)
  • affected from 2b64d153a0cc9d2b60e47be013cde8490f16e0a5 to d05111bfe37bfd8bd4d2dfe6675d6bdeef43f7c7 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.3 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.3 (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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