{"cve":"CVE-2021-47612","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T15:15:55.750","modified":"2026-06-17T04:18:09.797","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: fix segfault in nfc_genl_dump_devices_done\n\nWhen kmalloc in nfc_genl_dump_devices() fails then\nnfc_genl_dump_devices_done() segfaults as below\n\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]\nCPU: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-01180-g2a987e65025e-dirty #5\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-6.fc35 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: events netlink_sock_destruct_work\nRIP: 0010:klist_iter_exit+0x26/0x80\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\nclass_dev_iter_exit+0x15/0x20\nnfc_genl_dump_devices_done+0x3b/0x50\ngenl_lock_done+0x84/0xd0\nnetlink_sock_destruct+0x8f/0x270\n__sk_destruct+0x64/0x3b0\nsk_destruct+0xa8/0xd0\n__sk_free+0x2e8/0x3d0\nsk_free+0x51/0x90\nnetlink_sock_destruct_work+0x1c/0x20\nprocess_one_work+0x411/0x710\nworker_thread+0x6fd/0xa80","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/214af18abbe39db05beb305b2d11e87d09a6529c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a8845b9603c545fddd17862282dc4c4ce0971e3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6644989642844de830f9b072cd65c553cb55946c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c602863ad28ec86794cb4ab4edea5324f555f181","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d731ecc6f2eaec68f4ad1542283bbc7d07bd0112"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47612","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13255,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}