Bug 2482656 (CVE-2026-46138) - CVE-2026-46138 kernel: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt
Summary: CVE-2026-46138 kernel: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop i...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46138
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-28 11:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 17:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 11:07:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt

hci_le_create_big_complete_evt() iterates over BT_BOUND connections for
a BIG handle using a while loop, accessing ev->bis_handle[i++] on each
iteration.  However, there is no check that i stays within ev->num_bis
before the array access.

When a controller sends a LE_Create_BIG_Complete event with fewer
bis_handle entries than there are BT_BOUND connections for that BIG,
or with num_bis=0, the loop reads beyond the valid bis_handle[] flex
array into adjacent heap memory.  Since the out-of-bounds values
typically exceed HCI_CONN_HANDLE_MAX (0x0EFF), hci_conn_set_handle()
rejects them and the connection remains in BT_BOUND state.  The same
connection is then found again by hci_conn_hash_lookup_big_state(),
creating an infinite loop with hci_dev_lock held.

Fix this by terminating the BIG if in case not all BIS could be setup
properly.


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