Information disclosure in Linux kernel bluetooth

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU75455

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28866

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c in Linux kernel. An attacker with physical proximity to device can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

External links

http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230321015018.1759683-1-iam@sung-woo.kim/
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/?id=95084403f8c070ccf5d7cbe72352519c1798a40a
http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/patch/20230322232543.3079578-1-luiz.dentz@gmail.com

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.