CVE-2019-12984

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC attributes, leading to denial of service.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108905

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.13

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385097a3675749cbc9e97c085c0e5dfe4269ca51

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3