Kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The attack is possible due to a missing validation of a null-terminated string data structure element in the bnep_sock_ioctl() function, allowing a local user to cause an information leak or a denial of service.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0833
downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573
packetstormsecurity.com/files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0833
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573