Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4. This impacts an unknown function of the component Bluetooth. Performing a manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-23395. The attack must originate from the local network. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix accepting multiple L2CAP_ECRED_CONN_REQ Currently the code attempts to accept requests regardless of the command identifier which may cause multiple requests to be marked as pending (FLAG_DEFER_SETUP) which can cause more than L2CAP_ECRED_MAX_CID(5) to be allocated in l2cap_ecred_rsp_defer causing an overflow. The spec is quite clear that the same identifier shall not be used on subsequent requests: 'Within each signaling channel a different Identifier shall be used for each successive request or indication.' https://www.bluetooth.com/wp-content/uploads/Files/Specification/HTML/Core-62/out/en/host/logical-link-control-and-adaptation-protocol-specification.html#UUID-32a25a06-4aa4-c6c7-77c5-dcfe3682355d So this attempts to check if there are any channels pending with the same identifier and rejects if any are found.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-23395 since 01/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/30/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 or 7.0-rc5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch fb4a3a26483f3ea2cd21c7a2f7c45d5670600465/2124d82fd25e1671bb3ceb37998af5aae5903e06/6b949a6b33cbdf621d9fc6f0c48ac00915dbf514/8d0d94f8ba5b3a0beec3b0da558b9bea48018117/e72ee455297b794b852e5cea8d2d7bb17312172a/5b3e2052334f2ff6d5200e952f4aa66994d09899 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.166
• 6.6.129
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
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• 6.12.77
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
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• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 6.19.7
• 6.19.8
• 6.19.9
• 7.0-rc1
• 7.0-rc2
• 7.0-rc3
• 7.0-rc4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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