CVE-2026-43017
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/562ed1954f0c1bff3422b7b752bd3dacf185edbfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bda93eec78cdbfe5cda00785cefebd443e56b88bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb5898cfa91afe7e8f83eda18d93034c953d632Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.