vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-38208: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in net/nfc/llcp_sock.c by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure of a bind call

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 8, 2021
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
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