CVE-2021-3564
Moderate
CVE-2021-3564
A 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.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
June 8, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-3564
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A 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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/01/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964139
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/25/1