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CVE-2021-38208

medium

Description

net/nfc/llcp_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.10 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure of a bind call.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992810

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/24/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/1

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ac06a1e013cf5fdd963317ffd3b968560f33bba

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.10

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-08

Updated: 2021-09-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012