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CVE-2015-8956
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-10T10:59:04.260 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:33.700

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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