Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-12984
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.
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Affected products
3- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
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References
11- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385097a3675749cbc9e97c085c0e5dfe4269ca51nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108905nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.13nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495nvd
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