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CVE-2026-98732

Linux: Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel_hw_error()

Linux LinuxOperating systems
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CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in673f707518e8ef03306f84c512cb160971f175feAlso 40eb4b18ad167b63644c27fa67a7400ba050379aCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 673f707518e8ef03306f84c512cb160971f175feLinuxCVE List
  • 40eb4b18ad167b63644c27fa67a7400ba050379aLinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel_hw_error()

The "Exception info %s" print uses skb->data + 1, but the 12-byte payload is not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated and can be read past its end.

Bound the print with "%.*s" and skb->len - 1.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 before be58b239d2be5da7a7fac11d3eb8bf75dce6511bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 before bbc7de352f3f3864369c904aac944c7de84c6e7bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 before c42ce5373405ca93946311652c51ccfeb1c2d913CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 before 673f707518e8ef03306f84c512cb160971f175feCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 973bb97e5aee56edddaae3d5c96877101ad509c0 before 40eb4b18ad167b63644c27fa67a7400ba050379aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 4.3CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 4.3CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.113 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.56 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.10 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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