Bug 2507105 (CVE-2026-64407)

Summary: CVE-2026-64407 kernel: Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix out-of-bounds firmware read in nxp_recv_fw_req_v3()
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth driver. A malicious Bluetooth controller could send a specially crafted firmware download request that causes an out-of-bounds read. This allows the driver to read memory beyond the intended firmware data and send it back over the Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), leading to information disclosure.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-25 10:05:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix out-of-bounds firmware read in nxp_recv_fw_req_v3()

During the v3 firmware download the controller sends a v3_data_req with a
32 bit offset and a 16 bit len. nxp_recv_fw_req_v3() checks only the lower
bound of the offset and then sends firmware from that offset.

  nxpdev->fw_dnld_v3_offset = offset - nxpdev->fw_v3_offset_correction;
  serdev_device_write_buf(nxpdev->serdev, nxpdev->fw->data +
                          nxpdev->fw_dnld_v3_offset, len);

Nothing checks that fw_dnld_v3_offset + len stays within nxpdev->fw->size,
so a controller that asks for an offset or length past the firmware image
makes the driver read past the end of nxpdev->fw->data and send that
memory back over UART.

nxp_recv_fw_req_v1() already bounds the same write. Add the equivalent
check to the v3 path, reject the request when it falls outside the firmware
image, and zero len on the error path so the fw_v3_prev_sent bookkeeping at
free_skb stays consistent.