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CVE-2010-4242

Published: Jan 11, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4242
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36 (including)2.6.36 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.55.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-89.35.1.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-194.32.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntukarmic*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntukarmic*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntumaverick*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

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