CVE-2024-58238
CVE-2024-58238CVE-2024-58238
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Resolve TX timeout error in power save stress test
This fixes the tx timeout issue seen while running a stress test on
btnxpuart for couple of hours, such that the interval between two HCI
commands coincide with the power save timeout value of 2 seconds.
Test procedure using bash script:
<load btnxpuart.ko>
hciconfig hci0 up
//Enable Power Save feature
hcitool -i hci0 cmd 3f 23 02 00 00
while (true)
do
hciconfig hci0 leadv
sleep 2
hciconfig hci0 noleadv
sleep 2
done
Error log, after adding few more debug prints:
Bluetooth: btnxpuart_queue_skb(): 01 0A 20 01 00
Bluetooth: hci0: Set UART break: on, status=0
Bluetooth: hci0: btnxpuart_tx_wakeup() tx_work scheduled
Bluetooth: hci0: btnxpuart_tx_work() dequeue: 01 0A 20 01 00
Can't set advertise mode on hci0: Connection timed out (110)
Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x200a tx timeout
When the power save mechanism turns on UART break, and
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |