Local kernel memory corruption via oversized BIS copy
Published May 1, 2026 · Updated May 1, 2026
Stack buffer overflow in Linux Kernel 6.13 and affected Git revisions allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through an ISO socket. The hci_le_big_create_sync function allocates space for 17 BIS entries, then memcpy copies as many as 31 conn->bis entries into that stack object. A low-privileged process must bind an ISO socket with 18 through 31 BIS entries and call listen(); the overwrite can crash the kernel or corrupt adjacent stack state.
Summary
What happened
Stack buffer overflow in Linux Kernel 6.13 and affected Git revisions allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through an ISO socket. The hci_le_big_create_sync function allocates space for 17 BIS entries, then memcpy copies as many as 31 conn->bis entries into that stack object. A low-privileged process must bind an ISO socket with 18 through 31 BIS entries and call listen(); the overwrite can crash the kernel or corrupt adjacent stack state.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-31772
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Updated
- May 1, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=42ecf1947135110ea08abeaca39741636f9a2285 <aba0aea354015794e8312dd7efe726967e58aefe
- Affected versionversion=42ecf1947135110ea08abeaca39741636f9a2285 <bc39a094730ce062fa034a529c93147c096cb488
- Affected versionversion=42ecf1947135110ea08abeaca39741636f9a2285 <eaf32002ca7b1ba51c9f140991fd9febe6de79f0
- Affected versionversion=6.13
- Affected versionversion=8958e1cee4e2eac1a5b825caa4dd96ce9ed975dd
- Affected versionversion=91d19383b7ed035e22165ae5c836e50bb9f95fbe <f5d446624345d309e7a4a1b27ea9f028d6a8c5d9
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