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Operyl
So apparently the Switch (via Pokémon Sword/Shield) is sending out probes to try and find other switches connected to the network (for local communication probably), along with the standard bluetooth probes it does. Select Rokus do not like being randomly probed/data being flung at them, and start bootlooping as a result.
jallasprit
It is almost like Roku engineers forgot that other devices can send BT packets as well
mav3rick
Wow this is pretty bad. What part of dropping the packet in the worst case is hard ?
Operyl
There’s another comment that claims it’s the fact the switch is trying to pair constantly with it (which doesn’t sound right, I’ve been doing some BT dev here and I haven’t had my switch trying to pair even though I’m playing at the same time). Regardless, good job Roku either way I guess.
thosakwe
Is this why I can’t play online? I have a Roku TV...
rushils
no that's completely unrelated
Triesault
It sounds like the affected Roku doesn't sanitize the bluetooth input and/or incorrectly trusts a bluetooth connection with a certain formatting. Yikes.
DeadBabyOrgasm
Yes, but it's also ridiculous to have the Switch spam IPs in the space like that. Boo on both of them.
monocasa
Broadcast for service discovery is totally fine.
parski
That's pretty terrible of Roku.
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