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TITLE:
Linux Kernel Bluetooth L2CAP Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39080

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39080/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"l2cap_config_rsp()" function in net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, which can be
exploited to cause a kernel crash by sending a specially crafted
packet.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Andrei Emeltchenko

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c2c77ec83bdad17fb688557b5b3fdc36661dd1c6

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