CVE-2022-50233

Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}

CVE-2022-50233 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50233, released August 9, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine

CVSS

5.5

Moderate

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0015

3rd percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm)	6.0.2-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50233	Aug 9, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie)	6.0.2-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50233	Aug 9, 2025
linux · Debian 14	6.0.2-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50233	Aug 9, 2025

Details

Published
August 9, 2025
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50233

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