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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98107"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:35:56.340Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:54:32.791Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98107"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98107.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98107"
title: "Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix out-of-bounds write in l2cap_ecred_connect"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: L2CAP: fix out-of-bounds write in l2cap_ecred_connect\n\nl2cap_chan_connect() tries to ensure there are no more than\nL2CAP_ECRED_CONN_SCID_MAX pending ECRED channels, so they fit in the\nsame L2CAP_ECRED_CONN_REQ that l2cap_ecred_connect() constructs.\n\nHowever, the check only counts deferred channels.  If 6 L2CAP sockets\nare connected at the same time in order DDDDND (D=deferred,\nN=non-deferred), the last can bump the total to max+1.  It results to\none __le16 written out of bounds of the scid array, and an invalid\nECRED_CONN_REQ being sent.\n\nFix by leaving room for the non-deferred pending ECRED channels in the\ncounting in l2cap_chan_connect(), so the limit can't be exceeded.\n\nMove counting under same critical section where the channel is added.\nAlthough race conditions involving this appear unreachable, it's easier\nto see.\n\nAlso add WARN_ON_ONCE check in l2cap_ecred_defer_connect() to make this\nless brittle."
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