vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-47612): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 19, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfc: fix segfault in nfc_genl_dump_devices_done
When kmalloc in nfc_genl_dump_devices() fails then
nfc_genl_dump_devices_done() segfaults as below
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-01180-g2a987e65025e-dirty #5
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-6.fc35 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events netlink_sock_destruct_work
RIP: 0010:klist_iter_exit+0x26/0x80
Call Trace:
<TASK>
class_dev_iter_exit+0x15/0x20
nfc_genl_dump_devices_done+0x3b/0x50
genl_lock_done+0x84/0xd0
netlink_sock_destruct+0x8f/0x270
__sk_destruct+0x64/0x3b0
sk_destruct+0xa8/0xd0
__sk_free+0x2e8/0x3d0
sk_free+0x51/0x90
netlink_sock_destruct_work+0x1c/0x20
process_one_work+0x411/0x710
worker_thread+0x6fd/0xa80
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