CVE-2010-4242 | BDVDB-2026-44607 Detail
Description#
The hci_uart_tty_open function in the HCI UART driver (drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.36, and possibly other versions, does not verify whether the tty has a write operation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to the Bluetooth driver.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/c19483cc5e56ac5e22dd19cf25ba210ab1537773
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64617
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641410
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
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Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.