CVE-2024-36880
kernel: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 30, 2024
Updated · August 14, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth QCA driver. This vulnerability is caused by missing sanity checks when parsing firmware files before downloading them. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this to corrupt memory beyond a vmalloced buffer, potentially leading to a system compromise affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer