CVE-2025-38303
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix possible crashes on eir_create_adv_data eir_create_adv_data may attempt to add EIR_FLAGS and EIR_TX_POWER without checking if that would fit.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-07-10 08:15:29.090000
Last modified
2026-10-21 13:18:10.863000
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