CVE-2021-47518 nfc: fix potential NULL pointer deref in nfc_genl_dump_ses_done

What is CVE-2021-47518?

CVE-2021-47518 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: fix potential NULL pointer deref in nfc_genl_dump_ses_done

The done() netlink callback nfc_genl_dump_ses_done() should check if received argument is non-NULL, because its allocation could fail earlier in dumpit() (nfc_genl_dump_ses()).

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47518?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47518?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-47518 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47518 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47518, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47518.