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CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-08-09 · updated 2026-10-15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: from 4.14 before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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