Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4242

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Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4242

Published: January 11, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45478
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4242
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows local users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to the Bluetooth driver.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2010-4242

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-57.94
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.24-29.88, 2.6.31-22.70, 2.6.31-23.74, 2.6.32-27.49, 2.6.35-24.42

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