In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: move wake reason storage into validated event handlers hci_store_wake_reason() is called from hci_event_packet() immediately after stripping the HCI event header but before hci_event_func() enforces the per-event minimum payload length from hci_ev_table. This means a short HCI event frame can reach bacpy() before any bounds check runs. Rather than duplicating skb parsing and per-event length checks inside hci_store_wake_reason(), move wake-address storage into the individual event handlers after their existing event-length validation has succeeded. Convert hci_store_wake_reason() into a small helper that only stores an already-validated bdaddr while the caller holds hci_dev_lock(). Use the same helper after hci_event_func() with a NULL address to preserve the existing unexpected-wake fallback semantics when no validated event handler records a wake address. Annotate the helper with __must_hold(&hdev->lock) and add lockdep_assert_held(&hdev->lock) so future call paths keep the lock contract explicit. Call the helper from hci_conn_request_evt(), hci_conn_complete_evt(), hci_sync_conn_complete_evt(), le_conn_complete_evt(), hci_le_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_ext_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_direct_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_pa_sync_established_evt(), and hci_le_past_received_evt().
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2bf47cd75518c36fa2d41380e4a40641cc89cd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86c8d07a64d553c41e213b52650020010f9ef23e Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- References+2 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- CwesCWE-125NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:17
- First seenCVSS 8.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 11:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e4b738dd0d0f7b237686167706badad9d30649c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2bf47cd75518c36fa2d41380e4a40641cc89cd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86c8d07a64d553c41e213b52650020010f9ef23e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac7889b0fe441e4ef892c40b1d002e91f93fa4ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc8b8d33c9e19e17e8b8b1361bbb46e2983f5f2