CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-31498
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix ERTM re-init and zero pdu_len infinite loop
l2cap_config_req() processes CONFIG_REQ for channels in BT_CONNECTED
state to support L2CAP reconfiguration (e.g. MTU changes). However,
since both CONF_INPUT_DONE and CONF_OUTPUT_DONE are already set from
the initial configuration, the reconfiguration path falls through to
l2cap_ertm_init(), which re-initializes tx_q, srej_q, srej_list, and
retrans_list without freeing the previous allocations and sets
chan->sdu to NULL without freeing the existing skb. This leaks all
previously allocated ERTM resources.
Additionally, l2cap_parse_conf_req() does not validate the minimum
value of remote_mps derived from the RFC max_pdu_size option. A zero
value propagates to l2cap_segment_sdu() where pdu_len becomes zero,
causing the while loop to never terminate since len is never
decremented, exhausting all available memory.
Fix the double-init by skipping l2cap_ertm_init() and
l2cap_chan_ready() when the channel is already in BT_CONNECTED state,
while still allowing the reconfiguration parameters to be updated
through l2cap_parse_conf_req(). Also add a pdu_len zero check in
l2cap_segment_sdu() as a safeguard.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.4.238 < 4.5)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.9.238 < 4.10)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.14.200 < 4.15)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.19.149 < 4.20)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.4.69 < 5.5)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.7.1 < 5.10.253)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.203)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.168)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.131)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.80)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.21)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.11)
• linux linux kernel 5.7
• linux linux kernel 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/042e2cd4bb11e5313b19b87593616524949e4c52 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25f420a0d4cfd61d3d23ec4b9c56d9f443d91377 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52667c859fe33f70c2e711cb81bbd505d5eb8e75 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/900e4db5385ec2cacd372345a80ab9c8e105b3a3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9760b83cfd24b38caee663f429011a0dd6064fa9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a21a631ee034b1573dce14b572a24943dbfd7ae Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de37e2655b7abc3f59254c6b72256840f39fc6d5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7aab23b7df89a3d754a5f0a7d2237548b328bd0 Patch