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CVE-2024-36880

kernel: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

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 · 7.8
CVSS: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