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CVE-2024-36033: Bluetooth: qca: fix info leak when fetching board id

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: fix info leak when fetching board id Add the missing sanity check when fetching the board id to avoid leaking slab data when later requesting the firmware.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.7 before 6.8.10; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4, 6.9-rc5, 6.9-rc6 (+1) — fixed in 6.8.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.8.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0adcf6be1445ed50bfd4a451a7a782568f270197
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3dff121a7f5104c4c2d47edaa2351837ef645dd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba307abed5e09759845c735ba036f8c12f55b209
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcccdc947d2ca5972b1e92d0dea10803ddc08ceb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f30c37cb4549baf8377434892d520fe7769bdba7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0adcf6be1445ed50bfd4a451a7a782568f270197
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3dff121a7f5104c4c2d47edaa2351837ef645dd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba307abed5e09759845c735ba036f8c12f55b209
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcccdc947d2ca5972b1e92d0dea10803ddc08ceb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f30c37cb4549baf8377434892d520fe7769bdba7

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