CVE-2021-3564 is a double-free memory-corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem. When initialization of an HCI device fails, a locally attached malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device can cause memory to be freed more than once. The issue affects Linux kernel versions beginning with 3.13.
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Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem double-free vulnerability during failed HCI-device initialization.
Double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem upon HCI-device initialization failure.
A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem during failed HCI device initialization.
Linux kernel Bluetooth-subsystem double-free vulnerability triggered when HCI device initialization fails.
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