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CVE-2021-3659

Published: Aug 22, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking subsystem in the way the user closes the LR-WPAN connection. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Kernel	affected `Fixed in Kernel 5.12`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1165affd484889d4986cf3b724318935a0b120d8

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975949

x_refsource_MISC

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3659

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