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CVE-2011-1079

Published: 25 July 2011

The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Bluetooth stack did not correctly check that device name strings were NULL terminated. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or leak contents of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy
Released (2.6.24-29.93)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-32.62)
maverick
Released (2.6.35-30.52)
natty
Released (2.6.38-9.43)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.6.39-0.1)
upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
Patches:
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by 43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.32-316.30)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.31-610.27)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.35-30.54~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.38-9.43~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.32-217.34)
maverick
Released (2.6.32-417.34)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick
Released (2.6.35-903.23)
natty
Released (2.6.38-1209.13)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1309.13)
upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)