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Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.168, 6.12.81, 6.18.22, 6.19.12, 6.6.134
CVEs
CVE-2026-43017
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 23:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2026, 14:15 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.

osv:CVE-2026-43017

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.168, 6.6.134, 6.12.81, 6.18.22, 6.19.12

Complete source record
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