Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length

mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command
length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the
flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len
field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a
truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range
check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the
queued command buffer.

Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but
validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to
exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.
Published: 2026-05-01
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Fri, 01 May 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.
Title Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-01T14:15:21.561Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.975Z

Link: CVE-2026-43017

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-01T15:16:45.837

Modified: 2026-05-01T15:24:14.893

Link: CVE-2026-43017

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:15:24Z

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