# Bluetooth: bnep: fix out-of-bounds reads on short RX/TX frames and control fallthrough

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98602`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98602`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7af80ad2cebfe2f1879d6a39a1aaa061d9c4e1ca` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 667aa703e11cdc237d169393bc6a5ea9acbb33c2` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3e605ff5932afe0970c2beca66f2f1ba2babe4dd` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 035f9b1809861967e58ce652680d70ea1502058f` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 1e7aebc188f889b56c3aaeb6133ef6d77022c887` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 8f31031326994d1abfcc6ebb6927ef96e51fb9ff` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before ad0d2d4ada51321db787262ef343193c712b76b5` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before f0ca020cbb9bb7f3f4ea8ba1dfcf30a282aec91e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98602](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98602)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98602](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98602)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7af80ad2cebfe2f1879d6a39a1aaa061d9c4e1ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667aa703e11cdc237d169393bc6a5ea9acbb33c2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e605ff5932afe0970c2beca66f2f1ba2babe4dd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035f9b1809861967e58ce652680d70ea1502058f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7aebc188f889b56c3aaeb6133ef6d77022c887>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f31031326994d1abfcc6ebb6927ef96e51fb9ff>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad0d2d4ada51321db787262ef343193c712b76b5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ca020cbb9bb7f3f4ea8ba1dfcf30a282aec91e>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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