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            "net/bluetooth/iso.c"
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              "version": "6.0"
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              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: ISO: fix malformed ISO_END/CONT handling\n\nCore specification (Part C vol 4 sec 5.4.5) does not exclude empty\nISO_CONT, ISO_END packets.  We currently reject them if they are last.\n\nIf controller sends malformed sequence\n\n    ISO_START -\u003e rx_len = 4, ISO_CONT skb-\u003elen 4, ISO_START\n\nthat ends payload in ISO_CONT, we leak conn-\u003erx_skb. If controller sends\ntoo long ISO_END, we panic on skb_put. If controller sends too short\nISO_END we accept it.\n\nFix by marking unfinished ISO_START via conn-\u003erx_skb != NULL.  Check\nskb-\u003elen properly before skb_put.  Combine the ISO_CONT/END code paths\nas they require the same initial checks. Reject too short ISO_END\npackets."
        }
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        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 8.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
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            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "AV:A - The bug is in iso_recv(), which handles HCI ISO data from the Bluetooth controller during active CIS/BIS ISO transports; a nearby radio peer can deliver malformed ISO fragment sequences without any IP/network path.\nAC:L - An adjacent attacker can reliably craft the malformed ISO_START/ISO_CONT/ISO_END sequences described in the fix (or inject equivalent HCI ISO packets) to trigger skb_put overflow, skb leaks, or acceptance of undersized END fragments.\nPR:N - No Linux credentials are required; an unauthenticated adjacent Bluetooth broadcaster on BIS or CIS peer can drive the vulnerable reassembly path once the victim host has an active ISO connection.\nUI:N - Exploitation does not require a distinct victim action at trigger time; hosts with Bluetooth enabled routinely maintain CIS sessions or background BIS/LE Audio sync that already deliver ISO traffic to iso_recv().\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel heap corruption and denial of service within the Bluetooth ISO receive path and does not cross VM, container, or IOMMU security boundaries.\nC:H - An oversized ISO_END causes skb_put() to write past the allocated rx_skb buffer (heap overflow), enabling disclosure of adjacent kernel memory per memory-corruption scoring guidance.\nI:H - The skb_put heap overflow writes attacker-controlled ISO payload bytes beyond the skb tail, corrupting adjacent kernel objects and enabling potential arbitrary write or code execution primitives.\nA:H - Oversized ISO_END triggers skb_over_panic (BUG/kernel oops), and repeated malformed sequences leak conn-\u003erx_skb causing memory exhaustion, both producing complete host denial of service."
            }
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      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:42:54.538Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/990e65eb9387c4ddfa7f68782b6644c2c35d489f"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e054c1a6ae7310d2815778fddb87da616e11c255"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Bluetooth: ISO: fix malformed ISO_END/CONT handling",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
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    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-72334",
    "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:55:43.160Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.920Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:42:54.538Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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