CVE-2024-36880: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks Add the missing sanity checks when parsing the firmware files before downloading them to avoid accessing and corrupting memory beyond the vmalloced buffer.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.3, before 5.15.159 (fixed in 5.15.159); from 5.16, before 6.1.91 (fixed in 6.1.91); from 6.2, before 6.6.31 (fixed in 6.6.31); from 6.7, before 6.8.10 (fixed in 6.8.10); version 6.9 only

Published 2024-05-30. Last modified 2026-08-04.