---
id: CVE-2026-53254
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Bluetooth: RFCOMM: validate skb length in MCC handlers

  The RFCOMM MCC handlers cast skb->data to protocol-specific structs
  without validating skb->len first
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Bluetooth: RFCOMM: validate skb length in MCC handlers

  The RFCOMM MCC handlers cast skb->data to protocol-specific structs
  without validating skb->len first. A malicio…
severity: high
cvss: 8.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: '2026-10-15T02:20:07.123'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53254'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08b9c1fbe78f4ad3f6250c6541cfaabdbeb81997'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d637136ce89f9a2309b2c3502402ce400dab0ef'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b070ac9e99c2c2c3a8112943ca98ab6fca7f10c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23882b828c3c8c51d0c946446a396b10abb3b16b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eabc6d47a0ad22b053329997aaf0ec1e581e392'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c15c7c2878957cbfed93bcc29c13fdace464254'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98377e6b1a1a56561ec66a181573ea2b61b2079e'
    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: 0.00268
epssPercentile: 0.17584
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.910Z'
---

## Overview

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

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: validate skb length in MCC handlers

The RFCOMM MCC handlers cast skb->data to protocol-specific structs
without validating skb->len first. A malicious remote device can send
truncated MCC frames and trigger out-of-bounds reads in these handlers.

Fix this by using skb_pull_data() to validate and access the required
data before dereferencing it.

rfcomm_recv_rpn() requires special handling since ETSI TS 07.10 allows
1-byte RPN requests. Handle this by validating only the DLCI byte first,
and validating the full struct only when len > 1.

## 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`