CVE-2020-36386: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.1. net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt, aka CID-51c19bf3d5cf.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.8.1 (fixed in 5.8.1)

Published 2021-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.