VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-15868

high
Published 2017-12-05 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
linux Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected 3.2.97
suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.04 Affected —
12.04 Affected —
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 4.0.2-1
sid Fixed 4.0.2-1
forky Fixed 4.0.2-1
bullseye Fixed 4.0.2-1
bookworm Fixed 4.0.2-1
8.0 Affected —

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.