CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-15868
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.2 < 3.2.97)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.108)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.16.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.64)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71bb99a02b32b4cc4265118e85f6035ca72923f0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71bb99a02b32b4cc4265118e85f6035ca72923f0 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9882449/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71bb99a02b32b4cc4265118e85f6035ca72923f0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71bb99a02b32b4cc4265118e85f6035ca72923f0 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9882449/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 Third Party Advisory