FKIE_CVE-2026-46123

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-28 10:16 - Updated: 2026-05-28 13:44
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: virtio_bt: clamp rx length before skb_put virtbt_rx_work() calls skb_put(skb, len) where len comes directly from virtqueue_get_buf() with no validation against the buffer we posted to the device. The RX skb is allocated in virtbt_add_inbuf() and exposed to virtio as exactly 1000 bytes via sg_init_one(). Checking len against skb_tailroom(skb) is not sufficient because alloc_skb() can leave more tailroom than the 1000 bytes actually handed to the device. A malicious or buggy backend can therefore report used.len between 1001 and skb_tailroom(skb), causing skb_put() to include uninitialized kernel heap bytes that were never written by the device. The same path also accepts len == 0, in which case skb_put(skb, 0) leaves the skb empty but virtbt_rx_handle() still reads the pkt_type byte from skb->data, consuming uninitialized memory. Define VIRTBT_RX_BUF_SIZE once and reuse it in alloc_skb() and sg_init_one(), and gate virtbt_rx_work() on that same constant so the bound checked matches the buffer actually exposed to the device. Reject used.len == 0 in the same gate so an empty completion can no longer reach virtbt_rx_handle(). Use bt_dev_err_ratelimited() because the length value comes from an untrusted backend that can otherwise flood the kernel log. Same class of bug as commit c04db81cd028 ("net/9p: Fix buffer overflow in USB transport layer"), which hardened the USB 9p transport against unchecked device-reported length.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21bd244b6de5d2fe1063c23acc93fbdd2b20d112
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1730099a6fc18b183bd6c1adad3b54adcaeda9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40cdd1b1370d76e9e760af4490cb4a351cceead
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b4296f170d949ebba937cf6a3f247ec9550d2c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed41c81d30b211a671667259c3b5feeba0e062d5
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: virtio_bt: clamp rx length before skb_put\n\nvirtbt_rx_work() calls skb_put(skb, len) where len comes directly\nfrom virtqueue_get_buf() with no validation against the buffer we\nposted to the device. The RX skb is allocated in virtbt_add_inbuf()\nand exposed to virtio as exactly 1000 bytes via sg_init_one().\n\nChecking len against skb_tailroom(skb) is not sufficient because\nalloc_skb() can leave more tailroom than the 1000 bytes actually\nhanded to the device. A malicious or buggy backend can therefore\nreport used.len between 1001 and skb_tailroom(skb), causing skb_put()\nto include uninitialized kernel heap bytes that were never written by\nthe device.\n\nThe same path also accepts len == 0, in which case skb_put(skb, 0)\nleaves the skb empty but virtbt_rx_handle() still reads the pkt_type\nbyte from skb-\u003edata, consuming uninitialized memory.\n\nDefine VIRTBT_RX_BUF_SIZE once and reuse it in alloc_skb() and\nsg_init_one(), and gate virtbt_rx_work() on that same constant so\nthe bound checked matches the buffer actually exposed to the device.\nReject used.len == 0 in the same gate so an empty completion can\nno longer reach virtbt_rx_handle().\n\nUse bt_dev_err_ratelimited() because the length value comes from an\nuntrusted backend that can otherwise flood the kernel log.\n\nSame class of bug as commit c04db81cd028 (\"net/9p: Fix buffer\noverflow in USB transport layer\"), which hardened the USB 9p\ntransport against unchecked device-reported length."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-46123",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-28T13:44:01.663",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-05-28T10:16:27.810",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21bd244b6de5d2fe1063c23acc93fbdd2b20d112"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1730099a6fc18b183bd6c1adad3b54adcaeda9"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed41c81d30b211a671667259c3b5feeba0e062d5"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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