linux-bluetooth Weekly Report - Week 38
Total messages: 418 (271 human, 147 CI/bot)
linux-bluetooth Weekly Report - Week 31
2 August 2026
Total messages: 282 (187 human, 95 CI/bot)
Note: Of the 282 messages, 187 are human-generated, 95 are CI/bot (bluez.test.bot: 49, patchwork-bot+bluetooth: 22, BluezTestBot: 11, bugzilla-daemon: 5, kernel test robot: 4, github-actions[bot]: 3, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf: 1).
Summary
During week 31 (27 July - 2 August 2026) the linux-bluetooth mailing list carried 282 messages, 187 from contributors and 95 from CI and bots. There were 78 human-initiated threads: 57 kernel patch series, 16 BlueZ userspace series and 5 discussions or reports. 22 patches were applied via patchwork and 11 commits were pushed to bluez repositories. The most active contributor was Luiz Augusto von Dentz (Intel) with 26 messages. 9 series went through more than one revision during the week.
Key Patch Series & Discussions
Kernel Patches
BlueZ Userspace Patches
| Topic | From | Affiliation | Patches | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add CS procedure data aggregation and D-Bus export | Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 3 | Version 3 |
| bap: Start BIG sync after receiving BIGInfo | Yang Li | Independent | 1 | Version 3 |
| Add CS procedure data aggregation and D-Bus export | Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 3 | Version 2 |
| RAP: streamline session handling, reflector setup | Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 2 | Version 6 |
| doc: Add CS distance provider documentation | Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 3 | Version 2 |
| doc: Add Channel Sounding distance provider documentation | Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 3 | Initial version |
| bap: fixed the return value of GIOFunc | Yang Li | Independent | 1 | Initial version |
| bap: fixed the return value of GIOFunc | Yang Li | Independent | 1 | Version 2 |
| github: Disable stale bot for triaged bugs | Bastien Nocera | Red Hat | 1 | Initial version |
| Support for block device NVMEM providers | Loic Poulain | Qualcomm | 10 | Version 9 |
| bap: Start BIG sync after receiving BIGInfo | Yang Li | Independent | 1 | Version 2 |
| monitor: Decode Intel DDC LE extended features | Luiz Augusto von Dentz | Intel | 1 | Initial version |
Discussions & Bug Reports
| Topic | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fix Out-of-Bounds Read in AVRCP GetFolderItems parsing | Elman Shahbazov | 2 messages |
| [GIT PULL] bluetooth 2026-07-28 | Luiz Augusto von Dentz | 2 messages |
| [SECURITY REPORT] Out-of-Bounds Read (CWE-125) in BlueZ AVRCP Browsing Profile l… | Elman Shahbazov | 1 message |
| [SECURITY] Out-of-Bounds Read (CWE-125) in BlueZ AVRCP GetFolderItems parsing (w… | Elman Shahbazov | 1 message |
| mediatek MT7922: update bluetooth firmware to 20260724143815 | Chris Lu | 1 message |
Series Revised This Week
Top Contributors (by message count)
| Contributor | Affiliation | Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Luiz Augusto von Dentz | Intel | 26 |
| Naga Bhavani Akella | Qualcomm | 20 |
| Rahul Samana | Qualcomm | 16 |
| Zijun Hu | Qualcomm | 12 |
| Loic Poulain | Qualcomm | 12 |
| Chengfeng Ye | Independent | 9 |
| Bhavani | Independent | 7 |
| Bartosz Golaszewski | Qualcomm | 7 |
| Yang Li | Independent | 6 |
| Pauli Virtanen | Independent | 5 |
Merged to master (BlueZ & bluetooth-next)
Applied to bluetooth-next (kernel, via patchwork notifications)
- Bluetooth: ISO: fix HUP on socket release/shutdown + UAF/locking fixes
- Bluetooth: Add generic support for vendor HCI frames
- Bluetooth: btusb: Preparation for upcoming Qualcomm QCC2072 support
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn reference in abort_conn_sync()
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn references in hci_sync tasks
- Bluetooth: SCO: give the socket its own sco_conn reference
- Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Add vendor_reset PCI sysfs for PLDR
- Bluetooth: fix short read errors in usb_control_msg()
- Bluetooth: use named initializers for acpi_device_id
- Bluetooth: Add support for Shorter Connection Interval (SCI) feature
- Bluetooth: btintel: Add Bluetooth SAR revision 2 support
- Bluetooth: hcli_ldisc: Remove reduntant braces
- Bluetooth: hci_aml: validate firmware segment lengths
- Bluetooth: virtio_bt: avoid OOB read of build info string
- Bluetooth: virtio_bt: avoid OOB read of build info string in virtbt_se
- Bluetooth: hci_event: fix LE list UAF on reset
Applied to BlueZ (via patchwork notifications)
- bap: Start BIG sync after receiving BIGInfo
- github: Disable stale bot for triaged bugs
- bap: fixed the return value of GIOFunc
- RAP: streamline session handling, reflector setup
- Add CS procedure data aggregation and D-Bus export
- Add support for Shorter Connection Interval (SCI)
Pushed to bluez repositories
- rap: use session lookup for RAS operations
- bap: Start BIG sync after receiving BIGInfo
- shared/rap: Add bcs_procedure_data aggregation and…
- bap: fixed the return value of GIOFunc
- shared: Add bcs_procedure_data aggregation and pro…
- doc: Add org.bluez.ChannelSoundingDistance1 docume…
- monitor: Decode Intel DDC LE extended features
- unit/test-rap: Add PTS tests for CS
- doc: Add org.bluez.CSDistance1 documentation
- sync_repo: check workflow branch even when master …
- Fix Out-of-Bounds Read in AVRCP GetFolderItems par…
Company Focus Areas
Independent Contributors
- bap: Start BIG sync after receiving BIGInfo
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: hold conn for LE timeout work
- Bluetooth: btusb: validate QCA rampatch size
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix accept list UAF during suspend
Qualcomm
- Bluetooth: Miscellaneous fixes and cleanups
- arm64: dts: qcom: rb3gen2: add Industrial BT UART overlay
- dt-bindings: bluetooth: qca: add QCC2072
- Add CS procedure data aggregation and D-Bus export
Intel
- Bluetooth: Add support for Shorter Connection Interval (SCI) feature
- Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Add vendor_reset PCI sysfs for PLDR
- Bluetooth: Add support for Shorter Connection Interval (SCI) feature
- Bluetooth: Add support for Shorter Connection Interval (SCI) feature
