PT-2019-5417
CVE-2019-12818
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Published
2019-02-27
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Updated
2021-05-28
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.20.15
Description
The issue is related to the
nfc llcp build tlv function in the Linux kernel, which may return NULL. If the caller does not check for this, it will trigger a null pointer dereference, causing a denial of service. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a service disruption.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.20.15, update to version 4.20.15 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing checks for
NULL return values from the nfc llcp build tlv function to prevent null pointer dereferences. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾