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High · 7.6 CVE-2024-36968 EUVD-2024-36318GHSA-7w3v-fgq3-jwhp

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix div-by-zero in l2cap_le_flowctl_init()

Published Jun 8, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix div-by-zero in l2cap_le_flowctl_init()

l2cap_le_flowctl_init() can cause both div-by-zero and an integer
overflow since hdev->le_mtu may not fall in the valid range.

Move MTU from hci_dev to hci_conn to validate MTU and stop the connection
process earlier if MTU is invalid.
Also, add a missing validation in read_buffer_size() and make it return
an error value if the validation fails.
Now hci_conn_add() returns ERR_PTR() as it can fail due to the both a
kzalloc failure and invalid MTU value.

divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 67 Comm: kworker/u5:0 Tainted: G W 6.9.0-rc5+ #20
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work
RIP: 0010:l2cap_le_flowctl_init+0x19e/0x3f0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:547
Code: e8 17 17 0c 00 66 41 89 9f 84 00 00 00 bf 01 00 00 00 41 b8 02 00 00 00 4c
89 fe 4c 89 e2 89 d9 e8 27 17 0c 00 44 89 f0 31 d2 <66> f7 f3 89 c3 ff c3 4d 8d
b7 88 00 00 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42
RSP: 0018:ffff88810bc0f858 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 00000000000002a0 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88810bc0f7c0 RDI: ffffc90002dcb66f
RBP: ffff88810bc0f880 R08: aa69db2dda70ff01 R09: 0000ffaaaaaaaaaa
R10: 0084000000ffaaaa R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88810d65a084
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 00000000000002a0 R15: ffff88810d65a000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811ac00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000100 CR3: 0000000103268003 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
l2cap_le_connect_req net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:4902 [inline]
l2cap_le_sig_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5420 [inline]
l2cap_le_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5486 [inline]
l2cap_recv_frame+0xe59d/0x11710 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6809
l2cap_recv_acldata+0x544/0x10a0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7506
hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3939 [inline]
hci_rx_work+0x5e5/0xb20 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4176
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3254 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0x90f/0x1530 kernel/workqueue.c:3335
worker_thread+0x926/0xe70 kernel/workqueue.c:3416
kthread+0x2e3/0x380 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x5c/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.39 6.1.191

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.8.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.8.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1057.59 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-40.40 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1013.14 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-6952-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1012.13 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1008.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm +2 6.8.0-1010.10 USN-6955-1, USN-6952-1, USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1011.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1011.11.1 USN-6952-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1009.10 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-40.40.1 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-127.137 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1073.79 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1078.87 USN-7186-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1078.87.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1072.80 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1070.76 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1056.63 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1066.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1070.75 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1068.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle +1 5.15.0-1071.77 USN-7186-1, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1039.43 USN-7166-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-202.222 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1136.146 USN-7159-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1142.149 USN-7195-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1 USN-7194-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1096.103 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1140.149 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1 USN-7166-3, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1083.88 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1045.46 USN-7159-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1124.132 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1135.144 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1 USN-7186-2, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1120.132 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1055.59 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2008.8 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1006.6 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1066.68 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1074.82 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1006.6~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1073.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1078.87+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-127.137+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1072.80+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1136.146+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1142.149+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1110.120 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1140.149+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2114.120 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2093.99 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1130.141 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2077.83 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1108.115 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-232.244 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1176.189 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1136.146~18.04.1 USN-7159-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1184.199 USN-7185-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1142.149~18.04.1 USN-7195-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1169.186 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1140.149~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-202.222~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1083.88~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1159.164 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1138.149 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1135.144~18.04.1 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1120.132~18.04.1 USN-7159-5
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-262.296 USN-7183-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1177.192 USN-7184-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1176.189~16.04.1 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1184.199~16.04.1 USN-7185-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1169.186~16.04.1 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-232.244~16.04.1 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1140.151 USN-7184-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1138.149~16.04.1 USN-7185-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1139.145 USN-7184-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1184.199~14.04.1 USN-7185-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-262.296~14.04.1 USN-7183-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_67 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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