Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.7,5.10.271)[5.11,5.15.222)[5.16,6.1.189)[6.2,6.6.158)[6.7,6.12.111)[6.13,6.18.53)[6.19,7.2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20824540
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-98108  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the l2cap_le_connect_req process. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code or crash the system by sending crafted L2CAP_LE_CONN_REQ signalling commands with duplicate identifiers over a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) link to a system running an LE listener in EXT_FLOWCTL mode with DEFER_SETUP enabled. This is only exploitable if the target system is running an LE listener in EXT_FLOWCTL mode with DEFER_SETUP, and the attacker is within Bluetooth radio range.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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