High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2024· Updated Aug 23, 2026

CVE-2024-38620

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: HCI: Remove HCI_AMP support

Since BT_HS has been remove HCI_AMP controllers no longer has any use so remove it along with the capability of creating AMP controllers.

Since we no longer need to differentiate between AMP and Primary controllers, as only HCI_PRIMARY is left, this also remove hdev->dev_type altogether.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.3,<6.6.33
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 4.3
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 4.3.0, < 6.1.184

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/5af2e235b0d5b797e9531a00c50058319130e156nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a4bb6548a29326564f0e659fb8064503ecc1c7nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1d425b6dc67cd67809f835dd7afb6be4d43e03nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3c7b012d912b31ad23b9349c0e499d6dddd48ecnvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6cf0eccfe15b67bf9773ecd101162dfdfed5e2nvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.572
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000