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Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: NULL pointer dereference via nfc_genl_deactivate_target
August 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 27/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a NULL pointer to be dereferenced via nfc_genl_deactivate_target() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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