CVE-2021-38208

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38208
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-08 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-21 18:23:00 UTC
Descriptionnet/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1992810 – (CVE-2021-38208) 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 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.10 MISC cdn.kernel.org
nfc: fix NULL ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname() after failed con… · torvalds/linux@4ac06a1 · GitHub MISC github.com
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: nfc: null ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: nfc: null ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: nfc: null ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179869 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-38208)
  • 198468 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5050-1)
  • 353147 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004
  • 353158 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
  • 671051 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2663)
  • 671134 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2688)
  • 671137 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2713)
  • 752120 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1651-1)
  • 752125 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1686-1)
  • 752126 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1687-1)
  • 752231 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2082-1)
  • 752237 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2083-1)
  • 752240 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2103-1)
  • 752250 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2111-1)
  • 753176 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1)
  • 753299 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1669-1)
  • 900294 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901779 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6592-1)
  • 903572 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5083)
  • 905782 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5083-1)
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