CVE-2010-2954 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2954?

CVE-2010-2954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2954?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2954?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-2954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j38m-3grr-2p9j.