CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68479

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's Bluetooth btrtl driver, there is a vulnerability due to improper bounds checking of firmware patches. A too-short patch can cause arithmetic underflow and lead to oversized read/write during Bluetooth setup.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker with firmware access could cause memory corruption or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply a kernel patch that validates patch length and range without arithmetic overflow.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btrtl: validate firmware patch bounds rtlbt_parse_firmware() copies patch_length - 4 bytes before appending the firmware version. A malformed firmware patch shorter than the version field can make this subtraction underflow and turn the copy into an oversized read and write during Bluetooth setup. The existing patch_offset + patch_length check can also wrap on 32-bit architectures. Validate the patch length and range without arithmetic overflow before allocating or copying the patch.

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