vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2025-40282): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 12, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: 6lowpan: reset link-local header on ipv6 recv path
Bluetooth 6lowpan.c netdev has header_ops, so it must set link-local
header for RX skb, otherwise things crash, eg. with AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW
Add missing skb_reset_mac_header() for uncompressed ipv6 RX path.
For the compressed one, it is done in lowpan_header_decompress().
Log: (BlueZ 6lowpan-tester Client Recv Raw - Success)
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kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:212!
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
...
packet_rcv (net/packet/af_packet.c:2152)
...
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip (kernel/softirq.c:407)
netif_rx (net/core/dev.c:5648)
chan_recv_cb (net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c:294 net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c:359)
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Solutions
References
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