The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the…

Description

The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple unsuccessful calls to bind on an AF_IRDA (aka PF_IRDA) socket.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (17)

• USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 41234 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• kernel-irdabind-dos(61522) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100901 CVE-2010-2954 kernel: irda null ptr deref (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [netdev] 20100830 [PATCH] irda: Correctly clean up self->ias_obj on irda_bind() failure. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 41512 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:55 UTC.