High severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53255
Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks
7.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate advertising TLV before type checks tlv_data_is_valid() reads each advertising data field length from data[i], then inspects data[i + 1] for managed EIR types before checking that the current field still fits inside the supplied buffer. A malformed field whose length byte is the last byte of the buffer can therefore make the parser read one byte past the advertising data. KASAN reported the following when a malformed MGMT_OP_ADD_ADVERTISING request reached that path: BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tlv_data_is_valid() Read of size 1 Call trace: tlv_data_is_valid() add_advertising() hci_mgmt_cmd() hci_sock_sendmsg() Move the existing element-length check before any type-octet inspection so each non-empty element is proven to contain its type byte before the parser looks at data[i + 1].
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.9 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +7 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before 13ad995071a06570668dd8daab3616c247c72080; 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before 06fcbd79c3c360a50f9be9d370769bbd738d0976; 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before f7093ac233c1e7f51d125534f46067772a113175; 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before 74c08e4db35a476c3462aeb65846f955be732626; 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before 18fea1cb0c2599752e908c8217490f73ddd33e00; 2bb36870e8cb29949ef9acec37129cd8e70f1857 before 1a3c8ffbb469859b076445af44bdfa6a711d483e; +3 more · source: vendor