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 guarantee

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• cpe linux/linux kernelversion unspecified
• vendor Linux Linux 4.144.14

How to fix CVE-2022-50233

• Recommended remediation

  A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.

• Official advisories

  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • EUVD · euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov

What to do

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Code

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• Repository · git.kernel.org

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Aug 9, 2025 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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.

2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-50233

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-50233

  30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

  first.org
• EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2022-55213

  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 s

  euvd.enisa.europa.eu
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-50233

  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

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• EUVD record · euvd.enisa.europa.eu
• Patch · git.kernel.org

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.