Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-40294Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix OOB access in parse_adv_monitor_pattern()

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix OOB access in parse_adv_monitor_pattern() In the parse_adv_monitor_pattern() function, the value of the 'length' variable is currently limited to HCI_MAX_EXT_AD_LENGTH(251). The size of the 'value' array in the mgmt_adv_pattern structure is 31. If the value of 'pattern[i].length' is set in the user space and exceeds 31, the 'patterns[i].value' array can be accessed out of bound when copied. Increasing the size of the 'value' array in the 'mgmt_adv_pattern' structure will break the userspace. Considering this, and to avoid OOB access revert the limits for 'offset' and 'length' back to the value of HCI_MAX_AD_LENGTH. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:1690
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:1690
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
Debian:12linux6.1.159-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40294
Debian:13linux6.12.63-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40294
Debian:14linux6.17.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40294
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1RLSA-2026:1690
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7RLSA-2026:1143
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-106.106UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-14.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1051.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1048.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1049.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-106.106.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1049.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1049.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1047.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1006.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-14.14.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1028.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40294

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 99f30e12e588f9982a6eb1916e53510bff25b3b8 – before 96616530f524a0a76248cd44201de0a9e8526190db08722fc7d46168fe31d9b8a7b29229dd959f9f – before 5f7350ff2b179764a4f40ba4161b60b8aaef857bdb08722fc7d46168fe31d9b8a7b29229dd959f9f – before 4b7d4aa5399b5a64caee639275615c63c008540ddb08722fc7d46168fe31d9b8a7b29229dd959f9f – before 3a50d59b3781bc3a4e96533612509546a4c309a7db08722fc7d46168fe31d9b8a7b29229dd959f9f – before 8d59fba49362c65332395789fd82771f1028d87e6.1.83 – before 6.1.159
Linux Linux 6.6

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