Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8956
6.1
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
October 10, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory