Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4242
CVE-2010-4242
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.
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References
19- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/cve-2010-4242-linux-kernel-bluetooth-hci-uart-invalid-pointer-access/nvdExploitPatch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42789nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42890nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42963nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/43291nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/46397nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45014nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64617nvd
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/255nvd
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