{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97408","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-24T14:53:16.866Z","datePublished":"2026-09-24T16:03:15.141Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:58:02.384Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:58:02.384Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: L2CAP: validate connectionless PSM length\n\nConnectionless L2CAP frames carry a two-byte PSM at the start of the\npayload.  l2cap_recv_frame() currently reads that PSM unconditionally\nafter validating only the outer L2CAP length.\n\nA malformed connectionless frame with a zero- or one-byte payload can\ntherefore make the parser read beyond the advertised skb payload and use\ntailroom bytes as part of the PSM.  A VHCI-backed QEMU reproducer\ninjected a one-byte connectionless payload and reached the unchecked\nread.\n\nReject connectionless frames that cannot contain the PSM before reading\nor pulling it.  This preserves all valid connectionless frames while\ndropping only structurally incomplete packets."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"8104cd9859b6de0826cffa68adf2c1461185823b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"9448e6f693fcf1f0ac4ee648a9b2cc83bfe4a982","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"22fc1ce4e37c81d4e7aac01566ebdc232214540d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"72e26293a231f63a856340d3a1f0f5fc29bf87e5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"3502ede8aed3c3ee1786d952a11054ac737d1a38","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"ae69dca122f6d6046a68cf40153e6e827c77ff5c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"a40a5f922546b3bd7c094d882b29177db4f2abe0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.271"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.222"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8104cd9859b6de0826cffa68adf2c1461185823b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9448e6f693fcf1f0ac4ee648a9b2cc83bfe4a982"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22fc1ce4e37c81d4e7aac01566ebdc232214540d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72e26293a231f63a856340d3a1f0f5fc29bf87e5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3502ede8aed3c3ee1786d952a11054ac737d1a38"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae69dca122f6d6046a68cf40153e6e827c77ff5c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40a5f922546b3bd7c094d882b29177db4f2abe0"}],"title":"Bluetooth: L2CAP: validate connectionless PSM length","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}