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CVE-2021-47257

kernel: net: ieee802154: fix null deref in parse dev addr

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ieee802154: fix null deref in parse dev addr

Fix a logic error that could result in a null deref if the user sets the mode incorrectly for the given addr type.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference