CVE-2026-15460

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15460

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-15460.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-15460

Aliases

GHSA-hx89-rm6c-hjrh

Published

2026-09-09T22:40:46Z

Modified

2026-09-12T08:14:45Z

Severity

5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

Missing channel-state validation in Zephyr Bluetooth Classic L2CAP receive path

Details

The Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) L2CAP receive handler bt_l2cap_br_recv() in subsys/bluetooth/host/classic/l2cap_br.c dispatched inbound data PDUs based only on the destination channel ID, without checking that the target channel had reached the BT_L2CAP_CONNECTED state. A dynamic channel is assigned its RX CID and added to the connection's channel list while still in BT_L2CAP_CONNECTING (and later BT_L2CAP_CONFIG) — before configuration completes and, for PSMs that require security, before the peer is authenticated (l2cap_br_conn_req()).

Because the channel is already findable by bt_l2cap_br_lookup_rx_cid() during this window, a remote peer within radio range can send a data PDU addressed to that CID and have it processed on a not-yet-established channel. The dispatch keys off channel fields (BR_CHAN(chan)->rx.mode, rx.mps) that are only initialized during configuration by l2cap_br_conf(); since channel objects are pooled and bt_l2cap_br_chan_del() does not reset rx.mode or the reassembly buffer _sdu, a reused channel can carry stale state into the CONNECTING window and route the frame into the retransmission/flow-control path (bt_l2cap_br_ret_fc_recv()) with stale parameters and a possibly stale _sdu pointer.

The impact is delivery of attacker data to upper-layer protocol handlers on a half-open (and possibly unauthenticated) channel, plus operation on stale or partially initialized channel state on reused channel objects — leading to channel/link teardown (denial of service) and, in the stale-_sdu case, a dangling-pointer condition. The fix adds an explicit BR_CHAN(chan)->state < BT_L2CAP_CONNECTED guard that drops any data received before the channel is fully connected.

Database specific

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    "cwe_ids": [
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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr

Events

Introduced

d4e799d77a36eaf6d678b357c207411ec32b2d62

Fixed

2738ee921ba61ba2e644c95bceba302896dd8c19

Database specific

Show details

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Database specific

source

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vanir_signatures_modified

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