CVE-2024-26889

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix possible buffer overflow struct hci_dev_info has a fixed size name[8] field so in the event that hdev->name is bigger than that strcpy would attempt to write past its size, so this fixes this problem by switching to use strscpy.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-120

Published

2024-04-17

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e845867b4e279eff0a19ade253390470e07e8a1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2edce8e9a99dd5e4404259d52e754fdc97fb42c2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54a03e4ac1a41edf8a5087bd59f8241b0de96d3d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5a9d4a7bcbb7534ce45a18a52e7bd23e69d8ac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81137162bfaa7278785b24c1fd2e9e74f082e8e4

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