Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8956

Description

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

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Affected products

102

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.0
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.1.33
- (no CPE)range: <4.2
osv-coords99 versions
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pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 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pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-trace&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-trace&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 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< 3.0.101-88.1+ 98 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.64.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.64.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.66.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.66.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.64.18.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.64.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-68.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-68.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-88.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.67-60.64.18.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.96.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacdnvdIssue TrackingPatch
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlnvd
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93326nvd

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