CVE-2026-43134: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix missing key size check for L2CAP_LE_CONN_REQ This adds a check for encryption key size upon receiving L2CAP_LE_CONN_REQ which is required by L2CAP/LE/CFC/BV-15-C which expects L2CAP_CR_LE_BAD_KEY_SIZE.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.14, before 5.10.252 (fixed in 5.10.252); from 5.11, before 5.15.202 (fixed in 5.15.202); from 5.16, before 6.1.165 (fixed in 6.1.165); from 6.2, before 6.6.128 (fixed in 6.6.128); from 6.7, before 6.12.75 (fixed in 6.12.75); from 6.13, before 6.18.16 (fixed in 6.18.16); …

Published 2026-05-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.