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CVE-2025-39889

HIGH 8.1

Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection This is required for passing GAP/SEC/SEM/BI-04-C PTS test case: Security Mode 4 Level 4, Responder - Invalid Encryption Key Size - 128 bit This tests the security key with size from 1 to 15 bytes while the Security Mode 4 Level 4 requests 16 bytes key size. Currently PTS fails with the following logs: - expected:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt) Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [3 (0x0003)] Connection refused - Security block Status: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt), but received:Connection Response: Code: [3 (0x03)] Code Identifier: [1 (0x01)] Length: [8 (0x0008)] Destination CID: [64 (0x0040)] Source CID: [64 (0x0040)] Result: [0 (0x0000)] Connection Successful Status: [0 (0x0000)] No further information available And HCI logs: < HCI Command: Read Encrypti.. (0x05|0x0008) plen 2 Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) > HCI Event: Command Complete (0x0e) plen 7 Read Encryption Key Size (0x05|0x0008) ncmd 1 Status: Success (0x00) Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.) Key size: 7 > ACL Data RX: Handle 14 flags 0x02 dlen 12 L2CAP: Connection Request (0x02) ident 1 len 4 PSM: 4097 (0x1001) Source CID: 64 < ACL Data TX: Handle 14 flags 0x00 dlen 16 L2CAP: Connection Response (0x03) ident 1 len 8 Destination CID: 64 Source CID: 64 Result: Connection successful (0x0000) Status: No further information available (0x0000)

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Product linux
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Published Sep 24, 2025
Last Updated Apr 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
4f911a538e089cce808a15dc3277250f4f8daef9 < ed503d340a501e414114ddc614a3aae4f6e9eae2 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < 24b2cdfc16e9bd6ab3d03b8e01c590755bd3141f 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < c6d527bbd3d3896375079f5dbc8b7f96734a3ba5 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < 9e3114958d87ea88383cbbf38c89e04b8ea1bce5 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < d49798ecd26e0ee7995a7fc1e90ca5cd9b4402d6 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < d4ca2fd218caafbf50e3343ba1260c6a23b5676a 288c06973daae4637f25a0d1bdaf65fdbf8455f9 < 522e9ed157e3c21b4dd623c79967f72c21e45b78
Linux / Linux
5.11

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed503d340a501e414114ddc614a3aae4f6e9eae2 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b2cdfc16e9bd6ab3d03b8e01c590755bd3141f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d527bbd3d3896375079f5dbc8b7f96734a3ba5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3114958d87ea88383cbbf38c89e04b8ea1bce5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d49798ecd26e0ee7995a7fc1e90ca5cd9b4402d6 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ca2fd218caafbf50e3343ba1260c6a23b5676a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/522e9ed157e3c21b4dd623c79967f72c21e45b78