CVE-2026-46138
8.1 HIGHIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_creat...
Published: 2026-05-28 · Last updated: 2026-05-30
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46138
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22559ad7654f61727fc270ee4893da9f4b70cf17
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ddb8014261137cadaf83ab5617a588d80a22586
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/665da0baaf0396f9ed3c86ccb3955dcd0b73e774
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cb7f67bc28da787499291a562d49a084d9c90cd
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77981a507aa0fc001dc37f0dd6631dd2042fed17