CVE-2026-98732
Published Oct 18, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel_hw_error() The "Exception info %s" print uses skb->data + 1, but the 12-byte payload is not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated and can be read past its end. Bound the print with "%.*s" and skb->len - 1.
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What is CVE-2026-98732? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btintel: fix buffer over-read in btintel_hw_error()
The "Exception info %s" print uses skb->data + 1, but the 12-byte
payload is not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated and can be read past
its end.
Bound the print with "%.*s" and skb->len - 1.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-98732? +
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