CVE-2021-3564

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3564
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-08 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. This flaw affects all the Linux kernel versions starting from 3.13.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-3564 Linux Bluetooth device initialization implementation bug MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2021-3564 Linux Bluetooth device initialization implementation bug MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2689-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-3564 Linux Bluetooth device initialization implementation bug MISC www.openwall.com
1964139 – (CVE-2021-3564) CVE-2021-3564 kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2690-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159338 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9404)
  • 159339 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9406)
  • 159402 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9458)
  • 159404 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9460)
  • 159424 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9485)
  • 159427 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9488)
  • 159453 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9534)
  • 159492 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-4356)
  • 159664 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel security and bug fix update (ELSA-2022-0620)
  • 178679 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2690-1)
  • 178680 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2689-1)
  • 179885 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-3564)
  • 198436 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5015-1) (Sequoia)
  • 198463 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5044-1)
  • 198464 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5045-1)
  • 198465 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5046-1)
  • 198468 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5050-1)
  • 239816 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2021:4356)
  • 239879 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4140)
  • 240096 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:0622)
  • 240115 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:0620)
  • 257155 CentOS Security Update for kernel (CESA-2022:0620)
  • 352489 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1685
  • 352831 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2021-030
  • 352832 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc: ALAC2012-2021-031
  • 352833 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5: ALAC2012-2021-032
  • 353147 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004
  • 353158 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
  • 390250 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0036)
  • 670634 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)
  • 670744 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2502)
  • 670772 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2530)
  • 670796 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2554)
  • 671047 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2588)
  • 751695 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0367-1)
  • 751696 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0364-1)
  • 751697 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751698 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0362-1)
  • 751701 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751702 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1)
  • 751703 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0372-1)
  • 900084 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901135 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6573-1)
  • 903647 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4356)
  • 905740 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4356-1)
  • 906341 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6573-2)
  • 940265 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:4356)
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