CVE-2010-4242
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/c19483cc5e56ac5e22dd19cf25ba210ab1537773
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
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