CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49138

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

32th percentile - higher than 32% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the Bluetooth subsystem (hci_event) ignores multiple connection complete events for the same handle. Previously, this led to multiple device registration and memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

Memory corruption may lead to system crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution, posing a serious security risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that ignores subsequent events for a single connection.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_event: Ignore multiple conn complete events When one of the three connection complete events is received multiple times for the same handle, the device is registered multiple times which leads to memory corruptions. Therefore, consequent events for a single connection are ignored. The conn->state can hold different values, therefore HCI_CONN_HANDLE_UNSET is introduced to identify new connections. To make sure the events do not contain this or another invalid handle HCI_CONN_HANDLE_MAX and checks are introduced. Buglink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215497

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