CVE-2015-8956

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    CVE-2015-8956

    Published: 10 Oct 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93326

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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