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CVE-2021-38208

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2021-08-08 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References