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

Bluetooth: btintel: validate DDC record lengths

Parse DDC record lengths in unsigned storage so 0xFF does not wrap.
Reject records smaller than the mandatory three-byte header, records
exceeding U8_MAX, and records exceeding remaining firmware bytes before
issuing Intel_Write_DDC.

This issue was reported by Claude Mythos.
Published: 2026-10-18
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btintel: validate DDC record lengths Parse DDC record lengths in unsigned storage so 0xFF does not wrap. Reject records smaller than the mandatory three-byte header, records exceeding U8_MAX, and records exceeding remaining firmware bytes before issuing Intel_Write_DDC. This issue was reported by Claude Mythos.
Title Bluetooth: btintel: validate DDC record lengths
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
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T15:49:11.226Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.371Z

Link: CVE-2026-98819

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:36.143

Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:36.143

Link: CVE-2026-98819

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