Bluetooth: hci_event: move wake reason storage into validated event handlers
CVE-2026-31771 · published 1 May 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 8.1 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 2f20216c1d6fe17c1a224f658be0dc6fab2269c7 to < 1e4b738dd0d0f7b237686167706badad9d30649c, 2f20216c1d6fe17c1a224f658be0dc6fab2269c7 to < ac7889b0fe441e4ef892c40b1d002e91f93fa4ae, 2f20216c1d6fe17c1a224f658be0dc6fab2269c7 to < dbc8b8d33c9e19e17e8b8b1361bbb46e2983f5f2, 2f20216c1d6fe17c1a224f658be0dc6fab2269c7 to < 86c8d07a64d553c41e213b52650020010f9ef23e
- Linux Linux: 5.10
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How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_event: move wake reason storage into validated event handlers
hci_store_wake_reason() is called from hci_event_packet() immediately
after stripping the HCI event header but before hci_event_func()
enforces the per-event minimum payload length from hci_ev_table.
This means a short HCI event frame can reach bacpy() before any bounds
check runs.
Rather than duplicating skb parsing and per-event length checks inside
hci_store_wake_reason(), move wake-address storage into the individual
event handlers after their existing event-length validation has
succeeded. Convert hci_store_wake_reason() into a small helper that only
stores an already-validated bdaddr while the caller holds hci_dev_lock().
Use the same helper after hci_event_func() with a NULL address to
preserve the existing unexpected-wake fallback semantics when no
validated event handler records a wake address.
Annotate the helper with __must_hold(&hdev->lock) and add
lockdep_assert_held(&hdev->lock) so future call paths keep the lock
contract explicit.
Call the helper from hci_conn_request_evt(), hci_conn_complete_evt(),
hci_sync_conn_complete_evt(), le_conn_complete_evt(),
hci_le_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_ext_adv_report_evt(),
hci_le_direct_adv_report_evt(), hci_le_pa_sync_established_evt(), and
hci_le_past_received_evt().
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e4b738dd0d0f7b237686167706badad9d30649c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac7889b0fe441e4ef892c40b1d002e91f93fa4ae
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc8b8d33c9e19e17e8b8b1361bbb46e2983f5f2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86c8d07a64d553c41e213b52650020010f9ef23e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2bf47cd75518c36fa2d41380e4a40641cc89cd
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