{"id":"CVE-2026-63991","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-63991","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:50.392Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: 6lowpan: check skb_clone() return value in send_mcast_pkt()\n\nThe skb_clone() function can return NULL if memory allocation fails.\nsend_mcast_pkt() calls skb_clone() without checking the return value, which\ncan lead to a NULL pointer dereference in send_pkt() when it dereferences\nskb->data.\nAdd a NULL check after skb_clone() and skip the peer if the clone fails.","published":"2026-07-19T16:17:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T20:30:42.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00123,"percentile":0.02035,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-07T22:30:11.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"5.5","severity":"MEDIUM","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM."}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2061d080a013c0ec0a56162cd501fb36d2befc26","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c40d381ce04f9575a5d8b542898183c3b4b38dc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5d81d294ba09487c86bc4ba33dc4a4bec5d215","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9903a04becf059e44cccf625e23689b7d4378384","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9afcb5ea080af13aab37930da627db43bd277665","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b06203ac5f12929d79146bb9f063c2af1d679e63","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d630c4b25f36e0e68461561e4c70957ec37fdedd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e673889a35a5e4c586d0fae67d8755ca4367d3e2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63991","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}