CVE - CVE-2010-4242

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4242	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 MISC:42890 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 MISC:42963 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 MISC:43291 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 MISC:45014 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45014 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:ADV-2011-0024 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0168 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0375 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0004 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0007 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0162 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2011:008 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html MISC:[linux-kernel] 20101007 Peculiar stuff in hci_ath3k/badness in hci_uart URL:https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/255 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/linus/c19483cc5e56ac5e22dd19cf25ba210ab1537773 URL:http://git.kernel.org/linus/c19483cc5e56ac5e22dd19cf25ba210ab1537773 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/cve-2010-4242-linux-kernel-bluetooth-hci-uart-invalid-pointer-access/ URL:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/cve-2010-4242-linux-kernel-bluetooth-hci-uart-invalid-pointer-access/ MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641410 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641410 MISC:kernel-hciuartttyopen-dos(64617) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64617
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101116	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20101116)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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