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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8956
Reference (s):
- BID:93326
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93326
- 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