CVE-2026-45835
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Bluetooth: Fix Null Pointer Dereference in L2CAP Socket Connection

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-45835, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-05-26

Last updated on: 2026-06-26

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() Add the same NULL guard already present in l2cap_sock_resume_cb() and l2cap_sock_ready_cb().

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Published
2026-05-26
Last Modified
2026-06-26
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2026-05-26
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-04
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 9 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel From 6.13 (inc) to 6.18.30 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.175 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.209 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.19 (inc) to 7.0.7 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.7 (inc) to 6.12.88 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.2 (inc) to 6.6.140 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 3.1 (inc) to 5.10.258 (exc)

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CWE-476 The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a null pointer dereference issue in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth L2CAP component, specifically in the function l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb().

The fix involved adding a NULL pointer guard similar to those already present in related functions l2cap_sock_resume_cb() and l2cap_sock_ready_cb().

Impact Analysis

A null pointer dereference vulnerability can cause the affected system to crash or become unstable when the vulnerable code is executed.

In this case, exploitation could lead to denial of service (DoS) conditions in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth stack.

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