Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6465-3

Ubuntu Security Notice 6465-3 - Yu Hao and Weiteng Chen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI UART driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Lin Ma discovered that the Netlink Transformation subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer dereference vulnerability in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

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