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CVE-2010-2954 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128331787923285&w=2	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41234	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41512	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61522	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901.bz2	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139404.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2266	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128331787923285&w=2	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41234	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41512	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61522	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901.bz2	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139404.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2266	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-476	NULL Pointer Dereference	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.36 2.6.36 - 2.6.36 rc1 2.6.36 rc2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	11.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	11 - 11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	11 - 11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 8.04 9.04 9.10 10.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 6, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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