CVE-2026-46138

HIGH

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.6%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (23)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.30linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.6.140linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.88linux
Linux/Linux < 6.6
Linux/Linux 2ccde10127447c1a5caad8469fede945bdb62fdf
Linux/Linux 6.12.88 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.30 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.16 - 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.5.3 - 6.6
... and 13 more
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 28, 2026