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UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12984 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12984

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC attributes, leading to denial of service.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 26, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-4117-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12984

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC attributes, leading to denial of service.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence