Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions 3.3 through 4.4.271

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the llcp sock getname() function after a failed connect. This problem was introduced in version v3.3 and is fixed in Linux Kernel version v4.4.272.

Recommendations For Linux Kernel versions 3.3 through 4.4.271, update to version v4.4.272 or later to resolve the issue.