CVE-2026-98600

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98600
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98600.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98600
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:19:12Z
Modified
2026-10-20T02:30:45Z
Summary
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Reject short EA=0 frames in rfcomm_recv_frame()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Reject short EA=0 frames in rfcomm_recv_frame()

While rfcomm_recv_frame() verifies that skb->len is at least sizeof(*hdr) + 1 (4 bytes: 3-byte header + 1-byte FCS), an RFCOMM frame with an extended 2-byte length field (!__test_ea(hdr->len)) has a 4-byte header plus a 1-byte FCS (5 bytes minimum, sizeof(*hdr) + 2).

When a 4-byte RFCOMM frame with EA == 0 arrives:

  1. The initial skb->len < sizeof(*hdr) + 1 check passes (4 < 4 is false).
  2. Trimming the FCS byte decrements skb->len to 3.
  3. If __check_fcs() succeeds, skb_pull(skb, 4) fails (4 > 3) and returns NULL without advancing skb->data.
  4. Because the return value of skb_pull() is ignored, the un-pulled 3-byte struct rfcomm_hdr remains at skb->data and is either queued as application payload via rfcomm_recv_data() or parsed as a multiplexer control command via rfcomm_recv_mcc() on DLCI 0.

Fix this by extending the length check in rfcomm_recv_frame() to also require skb->len >= sizeof(*hdr) + 2 when !__test_ea(hdr->len).

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98600.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
fb40eda15122f6b780228639c1ead6820340ff54
Fixed
76876fd26569302d26d91cbe8b75fa8e66cf8969
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3829af5fab5a22405bf1e7d69068c2ec0fce46ca
Fixed
97711b964877242933484989224a3c4c5d88a5ee
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b161eacd7fa4a2d765724b5504ac6cc388e48f80
Fixed
7a1781a2f3a9667b3065d402d1f11986a2363e08
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
30d1d9f3495463f7c026e4c553127f79b486fcd6
Fixed
c25587fa26761e623198b4f47151fe79d09ccde6
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
67dc3b40fae71b6b11c71e7ff69bac0758818c05
Fixed
71ccacde407b7d8f0ef48974a0d2524602fd5c44
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
bbc310caa2b6bf5fe42896ba27da0fbc12e4ac51
Fixed
be00deee60044ffa820f9436415caeb665b2cda0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b230e5bf501c5edaf2eb0991cb862ac142031d4b
Fixed
9240fc1f2cde5331c61608da21b00394602ca762
Fixed
6d91041bb38b97e2feb625123cc0529d7b83a0e1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.12.111
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.18.53
Fixed
6.18.55

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.12.111
v6.18.53
v6.18.54

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98600.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98600.json"