Bluetooth: 6lowpan: reset link-local header on ipv6 recv path
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: 6lowpan: reset link-local header on ipv6 recv path Bluetooth 6lowpan.c netdev has header_ops, so it must set link-local header for RX skb, otherwise things crash, eg. with AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW Add missing skb_reset_mac_header() for uncompressed ipv6 RX path. For the compressed one, it is done in lowpan_header_decompress(). Log: (BlueZ 6lowpan-tester Client Recv Raw - Success) ------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:212! Call Trace: <IRQ> ... packet_rcv (net/packet/af_packet.c:2152) ... <TASK> __local_bh_enable_ip (kernel/softirq.c:407) netif_rx (net/core/dev.c:5648) chan_recv_cb (net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c:294 net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c:359) ------
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.14 and later | 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.59, 6.17.9, 6.18 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.14 and later Fixed in 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.59, 6.17.9, 6.18 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.59, 6.17.9, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40282
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r7j-r8w6-f8xc
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea46a1d217bc82e01cf3d0424e50ebfe251e34bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/973e0271754c77db3e1b6b69adf2de85a79a4c8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d566e9a2bfc848941b091ffd5f4e12c4e889d818
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ebb90c3c309e6375dc3e841af92e2a039843e62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c24ac6cfe4f9a47180a65592c47e7a310d2f9d93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11cd7e068381666f842ad41d1cc58eecd0c75237
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70d84e7c3a44b81020a3c3d650a64c63593405bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b78f50918276ab28fb22eac9aa49401ac436a3b
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40282 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40282 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5r7j-r8w6-f8xc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40282 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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