CVE-2021-23134
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
31.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2021-05-12 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2021-05-12 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
Use After Free vulnerability in nfc sockets in the Linux Kernel before 5.12.4 allows local attackers to elevate their privileges. In typical configurations, the issue can only be triggered by a privileged local user with the CAP_NET_RAW capability.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=c61760e6940d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZYORWNQIHNWRFYRDXBWYWBYM46PDZEN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QALNQT4LJFVSSA3MWCIECVY4AFPP4X77/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0007/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=c61760e6940d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZYORWNQIHNWRFYRDXBWYWBYM46PDZEN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QALNQT4LJFVSSA3MWCIECVY4AFPP4X77/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0007/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/4