{"cve":"CVE-2026-98602","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:12.920","modified":"2026-10-19T10:19:21.857","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: bnep: fix out-of-bounds reads on short RX/TX frames and control fallthrough\n\nFix multiple out-of-bounds reads in Bluetooth BNEP frame processing:\n\n1. In bnep_rx_frame() and bnep_ctrl_frame() (net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c),\n   use pskb_may_pull() to verify the BNEP header, control type byte,\n   filter count, and extension headers exist before reading them, and\n   return 0 after handling BNEP_CONTROL instead of falling through to\n   Ethernet frame submission when no extension headers follow.\n2. In bnep_net_xmit() (net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c), verify skb->len >=\n   ETH_HLEN with pskb_may_pull() before reading the 14-byte Ethernet\n   header to prevent an out-of-bounds heap read and infoleak on short\n   AF_PACKET TX frames.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035f9b1809861967e58ce652680d70ea1502058f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7aebc188f889b56c3aaeb6133ef6d77022c887","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e605ff5932afe0970c2beca66f2f1ba2babe4dd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667aa703e11cdc237d169393bc6a5ea9acbb33c2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7af80ad2cebfe2f1879d6a39a1aaa061d9c4e1ca"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T23:00:53.604569364+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98602","score":0.00216,"percentile":0.11958,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}