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Bug 152178

Summary: CAN-2005-0750 bluetooth security flaw
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: kernelAssignee: John W. Linville <linville>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.0CC: davem, jbaron, jparadis, peterm, petrides, riel, security-response-team
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OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: impact=important,reported=20050324,public=20050324,source=secalert
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jwltest-bluetooth-param-check.patch none

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-25 17:53:41 UTC 
(Affects RHEL3, but 2.4 needs a slightly altered patch)

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #152177 +++

A flaw was discovered by Ilja van Sprundel in the bluetooth driver affecting 2.4
and 2.6.  On system where bluetooth modules are loaded, a local user could use
this flaw to gain root privileges.
Comment 1 John W. Linville 2005-03-30 15:32:22 UTC 
Created attachment 112458 [details]
jwltest-bluetooth-param-check.patch

Backport of patch to RHEL3...
Comment 2 John W. Linville 2005-03-30 15:50:02 UTC 
Test kernels with the above patch are available here:

   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel3/

Although the patch seems obvious, please give them a try and post results.  Thanks!
Comment 5 Ernie Petrides 2005-04-14 00:21:39 UTC 
A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL3 E5
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-27.0.3.EL).
Comment 6 Ernie Petrides 2005-04-16 01:19:18 UTC 
A fix for this problem has also been committed to the RHEL3 U5
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-32.EL).
Comment 7 Josh Bressers 2005-04-22 20:17:39 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
Comment 8 Tim Powers 2005-05-18 13:29:22 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html