---
id: CVE-2026-53253
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Bluetooth: bnep: reject short frames before parsing

  A BNEP peer can send a short BNEP SDU
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Bluetooth: bnep: reject short frames before parsing

  A BNEP peer can send a short BNEP SDU. bnep_rx_frame() reads the
  packet type byte immediately and, for control pack…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-125
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.12.1, < 5.15.210'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13'
  - linux_kernel = 2.6.12
  - linux_kernel = 7.1
patched:
  - linux_kernel 7.0.13
published: '2026-06-25'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:20:06.913'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53253'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ef2ea86c82b2615902d085cd5a586fe9f58994f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b83afb19293e4de700edae306115f18966dc4f9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6770d3a8acdf9151769180cc3710346c4cfbe6f0'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691f14b6a48b637655755134f1e551c7c6fedc2e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be837cd09897e9e6e1958174501d467bdcbcc2bc'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c893e17d2809ec9c4b3f1cdd5847cecbc27a311b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d76dec1a37122bc16d83d059c08c0512ea8de909'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00259
epssPercentile: 0.1635
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.910Z'
---

## Overview

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

Bluetooth: bnep: reject short frames before parsing

A BNEP peer can send a short BNEP SDU. bnep_rx_frame() reads the
packet type byte immediately and, for control packets, reads the control
opcode and setup UUID-size byte before proving that those bytes are
present. bnep_rx_control() also dereferences the control opcode without
rejecting an empty control payload.

Use skb_pull_data() for the fixed fields in bnep_rx_frame() so a NULL
return gates each dereference. Split the control handler so the frame
path can pass an opcode that has already been pulled, and keep the
byte-buffer wrapper for extension control payloads.

For BNEP_SETUP_CONN_REQ, name the UUID-size byte before pulling the
setup payload. struct bnep_setup_conn_req carries destination and source
service UUIDs after that byte, each uuid_size bytes, so the parser now
documents that tuple explicitly instead of leaving the pull length as an
opaque multiplication.

Validation reproduced this kernel report:
KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in bnep_rx_frame.isra.0+0x130c/0x1790
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800c0f7908 which belongs
to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 1-byte
region [ffff88800c0f7908, ffff88800c0f7909)
Read of size 1
Call trace:
  dump_stack_lvl+0xb3/0x140 (?:?)
  print_address_description+0x57/0x3a0 (?:?)
  bnep_rx_frame+0x130c/0x1790 (net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c:306)
  print_report+0xb9/0x2b0 (?:?)
  __virt_addr_valid+0x1ba/0x3a0 (?:?)
  srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)
  kasan_addr_to_slab+0x21/0x60 (?:?)
  kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 (?:?)
  process_one_work+0xfce/0x17e0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3200)
  worker_thread+0x65c/0xe40 (?:?)
  __kthread_parkme+0x184/0x230 (?:?)
  kthread+0x35e/0x470 (?:?)
  _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x50 (?:?)
  ret_from_fork+0x586/0x870 (?:?)
  __switch_to+0x74f/0xdc0 (?:?)
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 (?:?)

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.12.1, < 5.15.210`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13`
- `linux_kernel = 2.6.12`
- `linux_kernel = 7.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 7.0.13`