cve-2021-4202
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-25 18:02
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
Summary
A use-after-free flaw was found in nci_request in net/nfc/nci/core.c in NFC Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel. This flaw could allow a local attacker with user privileges to cause a data race problem while the device is getting removed, leading to a privilege escalation problem.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036682Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=3e3b5dfcd16a3e254aab61bd1e8c417dd4503102Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=48b71a9e66c2eab60564b1b1c85f4928ed04e406Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=86cdf8e38792545161dbe3350a7eced558ba4d15Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0002/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/akernel
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