GHSA-PQP4-P68V-9XFR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-05-03 09:33In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_event: move wake reason storage into validated event handlers
hci_store_wake_reason() is called from hci_event_packet() immediately after stripping the HCI event header but before hci_event_func() enforces the per-event minimum payload length from hci_ev_table. This means a short HCI event frame can reach bacpy() before any bounds check runs.
Rather than duplicating skb parsing and per-event length checks inside hci_store_wake_reason(), move wake-address storage into the individual event handlers after their existing event-length validation has succeeded. Convert hci_store_wake_reason() into a small helper that only stores an already-validated bdaddr while the caller holds hci_dev_lock(). Use the same helper after hci_event_func() with a NULL address to preserve the existing unexpected-wake fallback semantics when no validated event handler records a wake address.
Annotate the helper with __must_hold(&hdev->lock) and add lockdep_assert_held(&hdev->lock) so future call paths keep the lock contract explicit.
Call the helper from hci_conn_request_evt(), hci_conn_complete_evt(), hci_sync_conn_complete_evt(), le_conn_complete_evt(), hci_le_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_ext_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_direct_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_pa_sync_established_evt(), and hci_le_past_received_evt().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-31771"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-01T15:16:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_event: move wake reason storage into validated event handlers\n\nhci_store_wake_reason() is called from hci_event_packet() immediately\nafter stripping the HCI event header but before hci_event_func()\nenforces the per-event minimum payload length from hci_ev_table.\nThis means a short HCI event frame can reach bacpy() before any bounds\ncheck runs.\n\nRather than duplicating skb parsing and per-event length checks inside\nhci_store_wake_reason(), move wake-address storage into the individual\nevent handlers after their existing event-length validation has\nsucceeded. Convert hci_store_wake_reason() into a small helper that only\nstores an already-validated bdaddr while the caller holds hci_dev_lock().\nUse the same helper after hci_event_func() with a NULL address to\npreserve the existing unexpected-wake fallback semantics when no\nvalidated event handler records a wake address.\n\nAnnotate the helper with __must_hold(\u0026hdev-\u003elock) and add\nlockdep_assert_held(\u0026hdev-\u003elock) so future call paths keep the lock\ncontract explicit.\n\nCall the helper from hci_conn_request_evt(), hci_conn_complete_evt(),\nhci_sync_conn_complete_evt(), le_conn_complete_evt(),\nhci_le_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_ext_adv_report_evt(),\nhci_le_direct_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_pa_sync_established_evt(), and\nhci_le_past_received_evt().",
"id": "GHSA-pqp4-p68v-9xfr",
"modified": "2026-05-03T09:33:10Z",
"published": "2026-05-01T15:30:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31771"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2bf47cd75518c36fa2d41380e4a40641cc89cd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86c8d07a64d553c41e213b52650020010f9ef23e"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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