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bluez — security advisory
BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target device to crash.
- Products
- bluez
- Affected versions
- 5.35-0ubuntu2, 5.36-0ubuntu1, 5.37-0ubuntu5, 5.37-0ubuntu5.1, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm1, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm2, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm3, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm4, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm6, 5.46-0ubuntu3, 5.46-0ubuntu4, 5.48-0ubuntu3, 5.48-0ubuntu3.1, 5.48-0ubuntu3.2, 5.48-0ubuntu3.3, 5.48-0ubuntu3.4, 5.48-0ubuntu3.5, 5.50-0ubuntu4, 5.51-0ubuntu1, 5.51-0ubuntu2, 5.52-0ubuntu1, 5.52-0ubuntu2, 5.53-0ubuntu1, 5.53-0ubuntu2, 5.53-0ubuntu3, 5.53-0ubuntu3.1, 5.53-0ubuntu3.2, 5.53-0ubuntu3.3, 5.60-0ubuntu2, 5.62-0ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- 5.48-0ubuntu3.6, 5.53-0ubuntu3.4, 5.62-0ubuntu2
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41229
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target device to crash.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41229
bluez
Fixed versions: Not specified
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.48-0ubuntu3.6
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.53-0ubuntu3.4
bluez
Fixed versions: 5.62-0ubuntu2
Complete source record
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