CVE-2026-46138CWE-125

CVE-2026-46138

High · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt

hci_le_create_big_complete_evt() iterates over BT_BOUND connections for

a BIG handle using a while loop, accessing ev->bis_handle[i++] on each

iteration. However, there is no check that i stays within ev->num_bis

before the array access.

When a controller sends a LE_Create_BIG_Complete event with fewer

bis_handle entries than there are BT_BOUND connections for that BIG,

or with num_bis=0, the loop reads beyond the valid bis_handle[] flex

array into adjacent heap memory. Since the out-of-bounds values

typically exceed HCI_CONN_HANDLE_MAX (0x0EFF), hci_conn_set_handle()

rejects them and the connection remains in BT_BOUND state. The same

connection is then found again by hci_conn_hash_lookup_big_state(),

creating an infinite loop with hci_dev_lock held.

Fix this by terminating the BIG if in case not all BIS could be setup

properly.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00405 · 33.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-05-28T14:16Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.4.16, < 6.56.5
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.5.3, < 6.6.1406.6.140
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.886.12.88
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.306.18.30
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.77.0.7
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 09:35Z
    Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt
    cvelistv5