CVE-2026-72334 (GCVE-0-2026-72334)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:55 – Updated: 2026-09-21 13:13
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: ISO: fix malformed ISO_END/CONT handling
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: fix malformed ISO_END/CONT handling Core specification (Part C vol 4 sec 5.4.5) does not exclude empty ISO_CONT, ISO_END packets. We currently reject them if they are last. If controller sends malformed sequence ISO_START -> rx_len = 4, ISO_CONT skb->len 4, ISO_START that ends payload in ISO_CONT, we leak conn->rx_skb. If controller sends too long ISO_END, we panic on skb_put. If controller sends too short ISO_END we accept it. Fix by marking unfinished ISO_START via conn->rx_skb != NULL. Check skb->len properly before skb_put. Combine the ISO_CONT/END code paths as they require the same initial checks. Reject too short ISO_END packets.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 49aeb54e3c912ef785311264a51ab9f3698e421b (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 5e53e285f8c989662e34d4938c728a94226bff34 (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < 990e65eb9387c4ddfa7f68782b6644c2c35d489f (git)
Affected: ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a , < e054c1a6ae7310d2815778fddb87da616e11c255 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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