CVE-2025-39889
HighCVSS 8.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the Bluetooth L2CAP subsystem lacked a check for the encryption key size on incoming connections. This allowed connections with a key smaller than the required 16 bytes in Security Mode 4 Level 4, violating the specification and potentially leading to weaker encryption.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be exposed to Bluetooth connections with reduced security, increasing the risk of eavesdropping or man-in-the-middle attacks on Bluetooth-enabled devices. An attacker could exploit the weaker encryption key to intercept or modify transmissions.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-39889. After the update, reboot the system or load the new kernel to ensure encryption key size checking for L2CAP connections.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection This is required for passing GAP/SEC/SEM/BI-04-C PTS test case: Security Mode 4 Level 4, Responder - Invalid Encryption Key Size - 128 bit This tests the security key with size from 1 to 15 bytes while the Security Mode 4 Level 4 requests 16 bytes key size. Currently PTS fails with the following logs: - expected:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [3 (0x0003)] Connection refused - Security block Status: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt), but received:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: [1 (0x01)] Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: [64 (0x0040)] Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [0 (0x0000)] Connection Successful Status: [0 (0x0000)] No further information available And HCI logs: < HCI Command: Read Encrypti.. (0x05|0x0008) plen 2 Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) > HCI Event: Command Complete (0x0e) plen 7 Read Encryption Key Size (0x05|0x0008) ncmd 1 Status: Success (0x00) Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) Key size: 7 > ACL Data RX: Handle 14 flags 0x02 dlen 12 L2CAP: Connection Request (0x02) ident 1 len 4 PSM: 4097 (0x1001) Source CID: 64 < ACL Data TX: Handle 14 flags 0x00 dlen 16 L2CAP: Connection Response (0x03) ident 1 len 8 Destination CID: 64 Source CID: 64 Result: Connection successful (0x0000) Status: No further information available (0x0000)
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