CVE-2025-38099 (GCVE-0-2025-38099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:13 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:58
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: Disable SCO support if READ_VOICE_SETTING is unsupported/broken
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Disable SCO support if READ_VOICE_SETTING is unsupported/broken A SCO connection without the proper voice_setting can cause the controller to lock up.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 035e1bffc063399ad1e193f6e4d8f70bb2f6301f , < f48ee562c095e552a30b8d9cc0566a267b410f8a (git)
Affected: a256de0d34e5937da8e9e0b23a8fa17ec32afa7d , < ec1f015ec0c6fd250a6564e8452f7bb3160b9cb1 (git)
Affected: ff26b2dd6568392f60fa67a4e58279938025c3af , < 14d17c78a4b1660c443bae9d38c814edea506f62 (git)
Affected: ddb89022bb79e04ee47d830788cc1d20751520d0 (git)
Affected: 6.13.12 , < 6.14 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.12.24 , < 6.12.31 (semver)
Affected: 6.14.2 , < 6.14.9 (semver)
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