CVE-2021-4202

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Mar 25, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Jan 10, 2022

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Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in nci_request in net/nfc/nci/core.c in NFC Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel. This flaw could allow a local attacker with user privileges to cause a data race problem while the device is getting removed, leading to a privilege escalation problem.

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kerneln/a
  • kernel 5.16 rc2Affected

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