CVE-2010-1084

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large number of Bluetooth sockets, related to the size of sysfs files in (1) net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, (2) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, (3) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, and (4) net/bluetooth/sco.c.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 5.0	linux-2.6	2.6.26-22lenny1	DSA-2053-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
RHEL 5	kernel +12	2.6.18-194.11.1.el5	RHSA-2010:0610

Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Red Hat MRG 1	kernel-rt +10	2.6.24.7-161.el5rt	RHSA-2010:0631

Advisories 3

RHSA-2010:0631 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
RHSA-2010:0610 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
DSA-2053-1 linux-2.6 - several issues Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026

References

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576018
RHSA-2010:0610 vendor-advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=101545f6fef4a0a3ea8daf0b5b880df2c6a92a69
38898 vdb-entry
43315 third-party-advisory
[oss-security] 20100323 CVE request: kernel: bluetooth: potential bad memory access with sysfs files mailing-list
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
DSA-2053 vendor-advisory
20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX mailing-list
39830 third-party-advisory