FKIE_CVE-2010-4242
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-01-11 03:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:24
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 |
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