cve/2019/CVE-2019-12984.md

CVE-2019-12984

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.13
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

Github

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