CVE-2024-35966: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix not validating setsockopt user input
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-35966 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 30Timeline
- 20-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix not validating setsockopt user input syzbot reported rfcomm_sock_setsockopt_old() is copying data without checking user input length. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr_offset include/linux/sockptr.h:49 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr include/linux/sockptr.h:55 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rfcomm_sock_setsockopt_old net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:632 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rfcomm_sock_setsockopt+0x893/0xa70 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:673 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880209a8bc3 by task syz-executor632/5064
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.26% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu122 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-204.224 | < 5.15.0-130.140 | < 6.8.0-38.38
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1137.147 | < 5.15.0-1076.83 | < 6.8.0-1011.12
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < d072ea24748189cd8f4a9c3f585ca9af073a0838 | ≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < 00767fbd67af70d7a550caa5b12d9515fa978bab | ≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < eea40d33bf936a5c7fb03c190e61e0cfee00e872 | ≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < 4ea65e2095e9bd151d0469328dd7fc2858feb546 | ≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < c3f787a3eafe519c93df9abbb0ca5145861c8d0f | ≥ bb23c0ab824653be4aa7dfca15b07b3059717004, < a97de7bff13b1cc825c1b1344eaed8d6c2d3e695 | 2.6.30
- linux_kernel≥ 2.6.30, < 5.10.234 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.178 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.107 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.47 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.7 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2 | 6.9:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.8.9-1
3 vendors · 125 products