Bug 2536735 (CVE-2026-90088) - CVE-2026-90088 kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Validate MTU in rfcomm_apply_pn() to prevent infinite loop
Summary: CVE-2026-90088 kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Validate MTU in rfcomm_apply_pn() t...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90088
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 19:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 12:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:23:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Validate MTU in rfcomm_apply_pn() to prevent infinite loop

rfcomm_apply_pn() accepts the MTU value from a remote PN (Parameter
Negotiation) frame without checking for zero. When the remote peer
sends an MTU of zero, d->mtu is set to 0. This causes the sendmsg
path to enter an infinite loop when fragmenting data, as each fragment
has size == min_t(size_t, len, 0) == 0, so the remaining length never
decreases. The infinite allocation of zero-length skbs exhausts all
system memory.

Fix by clamping d->mtu to RFCOMM_DEFAULT_MTU when the negotiated
value is zero, consistent with the initial value assigned in
rfcomm_dlc_alloc().


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