Bluetooth: eir: Fix stack OOB write when prepending the Flags AD
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix stack OOB write when prepending the Flags AD eir_create_adv_data() builds the advertising data into a fixed-size buffer ("size", 31 for the legacy path). It may prepend a 3-byte "Flags" AD structure (LE_AD_NO_BREDR on an LE-only controller) and then copies the per-instance data without checking that it still fits: memcpy(ptr, adv->adv_data, adv->adv_data_len); tlv_data_max_len() only reserves those 3 bytes when the user-supplied flags carry a managed-flags bit, so an instance added with flags == 0 is accepted with adv_data_len up to the full buffer. At advertise time the flags are still prepended, and the memcpy() writes 3 + adv_data_len bytes into the size-byte buffer: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in eir_create_adv_data (net/bluetooth/eir.c:301) Write of size 31 at addr ffff88800a547bdc by task kworker/u9:0/65 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:106) eir_create_adv_data (net/bluetooth/eir.c:301) hci_update_adv_data_sync (net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:1310) hci_schedule_adv_instance_sync (net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:1817) hci_cmd_sync_work (net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332) This frame has 1 object: [32, 64) 'cp' The "Flags" structure is added by the kernel, not requested by userspace, so only prepend it when it fits together with the instance advertising data; when there is no room for both, drop the flags rather than the user-provided data. Reachable by a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN owning an LE-only controller on the legacy advertising path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.178, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64539
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rxg5-jr9r-8pc7
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@9174992ee1045c9c96e53eecda64f49dd7e8fbba · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-31 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0b6232af56441d0a2dcb173cc4f8d8aab39014
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9174992ee1045c9c96e53eecda64f49dd7e8fbba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09301f1fdf2aef8cce34d0c4650c30e7edb1ced9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b4df9c260c51726da2e86e19322825fddeefd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57077eeb586c42f124bc09e018449362223067b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5fb689fdf80bdd143f22a502f9eb1f3c85e286
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64539 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64539 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rxg5-jr9r-8pc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64539 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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