A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
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Published : 2017-09-21 15:29
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-12153
Mitre link : CVE-2017-12153
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12153
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference