🛡️ CVE-2024-26903 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Bluetooth: rfcomm: Fix null-ptr-deref in rfcomm_check_security

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

Bluetooth: rfcomm: Fix null-ptr-deref in rfcomm_check_security

During our fuzz testing of the connection and disconnection process at the

RFCOMM layer, we discovered this bug. By comparing the packets from a

normal connection and disconnection process with the testcase that

triggered a KASAN report. We analyzed the cause of this bug as follows:

1. In the packets captured during a normal connection, the host sends a

Read Encryption Key Size type of HCI_CMD packet

(Command Opcode: 0x1408) to the controller to inquire the length of

encryption key.After receiving this packet, the controller immediately

replies with a Command Completepacket (Event Code: 0x0e) to return the

Encryption Key Size.

2. In our fuzz test case, the timing of the controller's response to this

packet was delayed to an unexpected point: after the RFCOMM and L2CAP

layers had disconnected but before the HCI layer had disconnected.

3. After receiving the Encryption Key Size Response at the time described

in point 2, the host still called the rfcomm_check_security function.

However, by this time struct l2cap_conn *conn = l2cap_pi(sk)->chan->conn;

had already been released, and when the function executed

return hci_conn_security(conn->hcon, d->sec_level, auth_type, d->out);,

specifically when accessing conn->hcon, a null-ptr-deref error occurred.

To fix this bug, check if sk->sk_state is BT_CLOSED before calling

rfcomm_recv_frame in rfcomm_process_rx.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-26903 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.7.11)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.7 up to 6.7.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 April 2024 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2024-26903 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-04-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-15

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.7.11
linux-kernel 6.7 6.7.11

References

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