CVE-2021-47612 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47612

nfc: fix segfault in nfc_genl_dump_devices_done

5.5 CVSS

Vulnerability 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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Linux

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Affected Software

Linux

Vulnerable Versions:

4d12b8b129f170d0fc3188de1e51a2a1b0f87730, 3.1, 0, 4.4.296, 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222, 5.4.167, 5.10.87, 5.15.10, 5.16

Timeline

Official Publish: June 19th, 2024

Last Modified: May 11th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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