CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2497
8.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.3 HIGH — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-191
Description
Integer underflow in the l2cap_config_req function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small command-size value within the command header of a Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) configuration request, leading to a buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ac28817536797fd40e9646452183606f9e17f71 git.kernel.org
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130891911909436&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8359 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/74679 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48472 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ac28817536797fd40e9646452183606f9e17f71 git.kernel.org
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130891911909436&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8359 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/74679 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48472 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory