CVE-2021-38208: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

net/nfc/llcp_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.10 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure of a bind call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.12.10 (fixed in 5.12.10)

Published 2021-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.