Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-06-26 CWE: (CWE-476|CWE-400) Bugzilla: 1724637: CVE-2019-12984 kernel: null pointer dereference in function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC attributes, leading to denial of service.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-12984 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Virtualization 4 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Under investigation |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Under investigation |