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CVE-2021-38206
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-08-08T20:15:07.320 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:01:45.670

Summary

The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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