Security Advisory

CVE-2019-12984

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date June 26, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory