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CVE-2024-36880: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-30 · updated 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks Add the missing sanity checks when parsing the firmware files before downloading them to avoid accessing and corrupting memory beyond the vmalloced buffer.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.3 before 5.15.159; from 5.16 before 6.1.91; from 6.2 before 6.6.31; 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 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f05ed44b71152d5e11d29be28aed91c0489b4e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caceadfb50432dbf6d808796cb6c34ebb6d662c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4edfa1e2bd821a317e7d006517dcf2f3fac68d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427281f9498ed614f9aabc80e46ec077c487da6d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed53949cc92e28aaa3463d246942bda1fbb7f307
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f05ed44b71152d5e11d29be28aed91c0489b4e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caceadfb50432dbf6d808796cb6c34ebb6d662c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4edfa1e2bd821a317e7d006517dcf2f3fac68d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427281f9498ed614f9aabc80e46ec077c487da6d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed53949cc92e28aaa3463d246942bda1fbb7f307

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