Medium · published July 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: 6lowpan: check skb_clone() return value in send_mcast_pkt()
The skb_clone() function can return NULL if memory allocation fails.
send_mcast_pkt() calls skb_clone() without checking the return value, which
can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in send_pkt() when it dereferences
skb->data.
Add a NULL check after skb_clone() and skip the peer if the clone fails.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 3.14, < 5.10.259 | 5.10.259 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.210 | 5.15.210 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.176 | 6.1.176 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.143 | 6.6.143 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.93 | 6.12.93 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.35 | 6.18.35 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 7.0.12 | 7.0.12 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
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