CVE-2021-3659

About vulnerability

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.

Affected product:

AlmaLinux 8 , CentOS 6 , CentOS 6 ALT , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 6 plus , CentOS 7 , CentOS 7 ALT , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 7 plus , CentOS 8 , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux OS 6 , CloudLinux OS 6h , CloudLinux OS 7 , CloudLinux OS 7h , CloudLinux OS 8 , Debian 10 , Debian 10 cloud , Debian 9 , Endurance 6 elrepo , Endurance 7 eig 3.10 , Endurance 7 eig 4.14 , OpenVZ 6 , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Proofpoint , Proxmox VE 5 , Proxmox VE 6 , RHEL 6 , RHEL 7 , RHEL 7 ELS , RHEL 8 , Rocky Linux 8 , Scientific 6 , Ubuntu 14.04 , Ubuntu 14.04 ESM , Ubuntu 16.04 , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ESM , Ubuntu 18.04 , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 , Upstream 4.14 , Upstream 4.19 , Upstream 4.4 , Upstream 4.9

Affected packages:

linux @ 4.15.0 (+74 more)

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.