vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2021-38206: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 8, 2021
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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