Unsafe option copy via unchecked ISO optlen
Published May 20, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Improper input validation in the Linux kernel starting with 6.0 allows local users to trigger unsafe Bluetooth ISO socket option copies. The iso_sock_setsockopt function copies BT_DEFER_SETUP, BT_PKT_STATUS, BT_ISO_QOS, and BT_ISO_BASE values without first rejecting an optlen shorter than the destination object. A local low-privileged process must create an ISO socket and supply a malformed setsockopt buffer; public sources do not document a demonstrated end effect.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in the Linux kernel starting with 6.0 allows local users to trigger unsafe Bluetooth ISO socket option copies. The iso_sock_setsockopt function copies BT_DEFER_SETUP, BT_PKT_STATUS, BT_ISO_QOS, and BT_ISO_BASE values without first rejecting an optlen shorter than the destination object. A local low-privileged process must create an ISO socket and supply a malformed setsockopt buffer; public sources do not document a demonstrated end effect.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35964
- Published
- May 20, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-1284
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0
- Affected versionversion=ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a <0c4a89f4690478969729c7ba5f69d53d8516aa12
- Affected versionversion=ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a <6a6baa1ee7a9df33adbf932305053520b9741b35
- Affected versionversion=ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a <9e8742cdfc4b0e65266bb4a901a19462bda9285e
- Affected versionversion=ccf74f2390d60a2f9a75ef496d2564abb478f46a <cec736e60dc18d91b88af28d96664bff284b02d1
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