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FKIE_CVE-2021-47620

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-06-20 11:15 - Updated: 2026-08-04 10:17
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: refactor malicious adv data check Check for out-of-bound read was being performed at the end of while num_reports loop, and would fill journal with false positives. Added check to beginning of loop processing so that it doesn't get checked after ptr has been advanced.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/305e92f525450f3e1b5f5c9dc7eadb152d66a082Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a539c08d743d9910631448da78af5e961664c0ePatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c968affa804ba98c3c603f37ffea6fba618025ePatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7889b38a7f21ed19314f83194622b195d328465cPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/835d3706852537bf92eb23eb8635b8dee0c0aa67Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d5196b65d1b29e27d7dd16a3b9b439fb1d2dbaPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8819f93cd4a443dfe547aa622b21f723757df3fbPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/899663be5e75dc0174dc8bda0b5e6826edf0b29aPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcea886771c3f22a590c8c8b9139a107bd7f1e1cPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/305e92f525450f3e1b5f5c9dc7eadb152d66a082Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a539c08d743d9910631448da78af5e961664c0ePatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c968affa804ba98c3c603f37ffea6fba618025ePatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7889b38a7f21ed19314f83194622b195d328465cPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/835d3706852537bf92eb23eb8635b8dee0c0aa67Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d5196b65d1b29e27d7dd16a3b9b439fb1d2dbaPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8819f93cd4a443dfe547aa622b21f723757df3fbPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/899663be5e75dc0174dc8bda0b5e6826edf0b29aPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcea886771c3f22a590c8c8b9139a107bd7f1e1cPatch
Impacted products
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