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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 24, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 12, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: l2cap: Check encryption key size on incoming connection

This is required for passing GAP/SEC/SEM/BI-04-C PTS test case:
Security Mode 4 Level 4, Responder - Invalid Encryption Key Size

  • 128 bit

This tests the security key with size from 1 to 15 bytes while the
Security Mode 4 Level 4 requests 16 bytes key size.

Currently PTS fails with the following logs:

  • expected:Connection Response:
    Code: [3 (0x03)] Code
    Identifier: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt)
    Length: [8 (0x0008)]
    Destination CID: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt)
    Source CID: [64 (0x0040)]
    Result: [3 (0x0003)] Connection refused - Security block
    Status: (lt)WildCard: Exists(gt),
    but received:Connection Response:
    Code: [3 (0x03)] Code
    Identifier: [1 (0x01)]
    Length: [8 (0x0008)]
    Destination CID: [64 (0x0040)]
    Source CID: [64 (0x0040)]
    Result: [0 (0x0000)] Connection Successful
    Status: [0 (0x0000)] No further information available

And HCI logs:
< HCI Command: Read Encrypti.. (0x05|0x0008) plen 2
Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.)

HCI Event: Command Complete (0x0e) plen 7
Read Encryption Key Size (0x05|0x0008) ncmd 1
Status: Success (0x00)
Handle: 14 Address: 00:1B:DC:F2:24:10 (Vencer Co., Ltd.)
Key size: 7
ACL Data RX: Handle 14 flags 0x02 dlen 12
L2CAP: Connection Request (0x02) ident 1 len 4
PSM: 4097 (0x1001)
Source CID: 64
< ACL Data TX: Handle 14 flags 0x00 dlen 16
L2CAP: Connection Response (0x03) ident 1 len 8
Destination CID: 64
Source CID: 64
Result: Connection successful (0x0000)
Status: No further information available (0x0000)

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 24, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 24, 2025
Last updated Dec 12, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

Inadequate Encryption Strength

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-39889

GHSA ID

GHSA-hhgh-xj97-6f9r

Source code

No known source code

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