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CVE-2010-4242

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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.

Date published : 2011-01-10

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45014

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

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