CVE-2026-98457 PUBLISHED

Bluetooth: L2CAP: validate frame length before control and FCS access

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

Bluetooth: L2CAP: validate frame length before control and FCS access

l2cap_data_rcv() unpacks either a two-byte or four-byte control field without first ensuring that it is present. A short ERTM or streaming-mode frame can therefore cause an out-of-bounds read.

There is a second short-frame case when CRC16 is enabled. After the control field is pulled, l2cap_check_fcs() subtracts two from skb->len without checking it. If fewer than two bytes remain, the subtraction wraps; skb_trim() leaves the buffer unchanged and the subsequent FCS load reads past the logical end of the frame.

Validate that the frame contains both its control field and, when enabled, its FCS before either field is accessed.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 4373ba79a267947e771c438507f7b103e30bdb21 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 965bd88ed4b4763cb765dd65885adcfa588c6b14 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 3acf6a0038ec0d4e8f4dcbfc2a557dff5f61cb70 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 8c7556c7cd17e073bbefdc4a9a4694a207544c37 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 1fdbb2a712a9a162ee817c959740face80b3d929 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to c6a288e6001bcce16553c3853e0f5a45eaaf85c7 (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to f557274af7b94b6134692e6f26b880f1e34c15bf (excl.)
  • affected from 1c2acffb76d4bc5fd27c4ea55cc27ad8ead10f9a to 6c78a213d9070b610c7f418af2c25b66180b7e37 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.32 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.32 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.271 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.222 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.189 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.158 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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