Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98292
Published: October 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU153732
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98292
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger reads beyond the end of a received socket buffer.
The vulnerability exists due to missing event-length validation in the Bluetooth btmtksdio and btmtkuart drivers when processing firmware-supplied WMT events. A local user can supply short or malformed WMT events to trigger reads beyond the end of a received socket buffer.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98292
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3