Bug 2492807 (CVE-2026-53255) - CVE-2026-53255 kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks
Summary: CVE-2026-53255 kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53255
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-25 10:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 01:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-25 10:06:49 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks

tlv_data_is_valid() reads each advertising data field length from
data[i], then inspects data[i + 1] for managed EIR types before
checking that the current field still fits inside the supplied buffer.

A malformed field whose length byte is the last byte of the buffer can
therefore make the parser read one byte past the advertising data.

KASAN reported the following when a malformed MGMT_OP_ADD_ADVERTISING
request reached that path:

  BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tlv_data_is_valid()
  Read of size 1
  Call trace:
    tlv_data_is_valid()
    add_advertising()
    hci_mgmt_cmd()
    hci_sock_sendmsg()

Move the existing element-length check before any type-octet inspection
so each non-empty element is proven to contain its type byte before the
parser looks at data[i + 1].


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