Bug 2536457 (CVE-2026-90090)

Summary: CVE-2026-90090 kernel: Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Fix out-of-bounds DMA read in the TX path
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth MTK SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) driver. The `btmtksdio_tx_packet()` function, which handles data transmission, incorrectly calculates the transfer size. This leads to an out-of-bounds read of uninitialized memory, which is then sent to the Bluetooth device over the SDIO bus. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to disclose sensitive information.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 18:01:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Fix out-of-bounds DMA read in the TX path

btmtksdio_tx_packet() rounds the transfer size up to the SDIO block size
of 256 bytes, but hands the host controller the SKB buffer as is:

	err = sdio_writesb(bdev->func, MTK_REG_CTDR, skb->data,
			   round_up(skb->len, MTK_SDIO_BLOCK_SIZE));

Only skb->len bytes hold packet data, so the controller reads up to 255
bytes of uninitialised memory and sends it to the device over the SDIO
bus. Depending on how much tailroom slack the SKB allocation happens to
carry, that read can also extend past the end of the buffer.

Compute the padded length up front, ensure the SKB has tailroom for it,
and zero-fill the padding with skb_put_zero(). skb->len then covers the
padding, so sdio_writesb() no longer needs to round up. byte_tx keeps
counting the header and the payload only, and the error path restores the
SKB so that the caller can requeue it.

Writing behind skb->tail is only safe because the driver owns the buffer,
which "Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Take exclusive ownership of the SKB before
TX" ensures.