Description
The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.
Published: 2021-08-08
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-24664 The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5070-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.225Z

Reserved: 2021-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38206

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-08T20:15:07.320

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:39.677

Link: CVE-2021-38206

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-05-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-38206 - Bugzilla

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