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CVE-2025-40213: Linux kernel · Bluetooth: MGMT: fix crash in set_mesh_sync and set_mesh_complete

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in e8785404de06a69d89dcdd1e9a0b6ea42dc6d327 : patch Linux kernel soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in e8785404de06a69d89dcdd1e9a0b6ea42dc6d327, 31d6c9216aa1be18ba317239738f73b0b0c7b691, 6.17 +3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • >=6.6.140 <6.6.160
  • >=6.16.10 <6.17
Fixed in
  • e8785404de06a69d89dcdd1e9a0b6ea42dc6d327
  • 31d6c9216aa1be18ba317239738f73b0b0c7b691
  • 6.17
  • 6.6.160
  • 5c19daa93d9af29f1f46251b47e1ea66bcc8d679
  • 1c9aca1787e8395a2c59fef20e914467958969c5
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =6.17
Fixed in–

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: fix crash in set_mesh_sync and set_mesh_complete There is a BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in set_mesh_sync due to memcpy from badly declared on-stack flexible array. Another crash is in set_mesh_complete() due to double list_del via mgmt_pending_valid + mgmt_pending_remove. Use DEFINE_FLEX to declare the flexible array right, and don't memcpy outside bounds. As mgmt_pending_valid removes the cmd from list, use mgmt_pending_free, and also report status on error.

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