Malicious code in advertising-podlet (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 6bb234dd090695707ab05d6b4726b89a073ae2f517cad9b2fb7069aa58d08360 The package advertising-podlet was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in advertising-events (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f9e784ce1a0573b476f4232dcdc6136efaa217d3483765875dbea0aae015542d The package advertising-events was found to contain malicious code...

MAL-2026-1648 Malicious code in advertising-events (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f9e784ce1a0573b476f4232dcdc6136efaa217d3483765875dbea0aae015542d The package advertising-events was found to contain malicious code...

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CVE-2026-23151

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth Management MGMT component. This vulnerability, a memory leak, allows a local user with elevated privileges to cause the kernel to consume an increasing amount of memory. The issue stems from mgmtpendingcmd structures not being properly released aft...

SUSE CVE-2026-23151

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

CVE-2026-23151

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

CVE-2026-23151

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23151

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

CVE-2026-23151

CVE-2026-23151 in the Linux kernel Bluetooth MGMT path fixes a memory leak in set_ssp_complete due to missing mgmt_pending_free(cmd) calls (and similarly in set_advertising_complete).Root cause: mgmt_pending_cmd structures and their data were not freed after SSP commands completed, after a prior ...

CVE-2026-23151 Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

EUVD-2026-5889

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

CVE-2026-23151 Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete Fix memory leak in setsspcomplete where mgmtpendingcmd structures are not freed after being removed from the pending list. Commit 302a1f674c00 "Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs...

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