Description

Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large number of Bluetooth sockets, related to the size of sysfs files in (1) net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, (2) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, (3) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, and (4) net/bluetooth/sco.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=101545f6fef4a0a3ea8daf0b5b880df2c6a92a69

http://secunia.com/advisories/39830

http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1084

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/23/1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38898

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576018

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2