Vulnerability · CVE-2024-35965
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input Check user input length before copying data.
Published May 20, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · linux kernel
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-35965. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of linux kernel is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.24%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe linux/linux kernel
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input Check user input length before copying data.
Are you affected?
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- cpe linux/linux kernel6.9
How to fix CVE-2024-35965
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-35965. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of linux kernel is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with linux/linux kernel 6.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-1284. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 20, 2024 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input Check user input length before copying data.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input Check user input length before copying data.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-35965
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-35965
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-35965
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input Check user input length before copying data.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.