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Linux Linux — Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0014 3.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78 – —
Linux 4.14 – 6.0
TIMELINE
Jun 18 Reserved by Linux
Aug 9 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-50233 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}
Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so
this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting
string needs to be truncated or not.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 18, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 9, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-50233 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.14 | 6.0 |
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