GHSA-h4rm-3g3v-jqmpHighCVSS 7.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btnxpuart:...

Published
September 17, 2026
Last Modified
September 18, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Validate the FW dump header length

nxp_process_fw_dump() pulls the ACL header off the frame and then reads seq_num and buf_len from a struct nxp_fw_dump_hdr placed at skb->data, without checking that the ACL payload is long enough to contain it.

h4_recv_buf() collects HCI_ACL_HDR_SIZE bytes of header followed by the number of payload bytes named in that header, so skb->len is 4 + dlen with dlen supplied by the controller and possibly smaller than the 8 byte dump header, or zero. A short frame with connection handle 0xfff therefore reads both fields from beyond the received data.

Beyond the read itself, buf_len is what terminates a dump: a value of zero makes the driver call hci_devcd_complete() and reset the controller, so a truncated frame can end a dump early.

Use skb_pull_data() to validate and pull the FW dump header before accessing its fields. Warn and reject the chunk if the header is truncated.

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