A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking subsystem in the way the user closes the LR-WPAN connection. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3659 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975949 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1165affd484889d4986cf3b724318935a0b120d8 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2022-08-22T14:49:43
Updated: 2022-08-22T14:49:43
Reserved: 2021-07-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-3659
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-08-22T15:15:13.690
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:38:11.547
Link: CVE-2021-3659
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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