CVE-2019-12818

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20.15. The nfc_llcp_build_tlv function in net/nfc/llcp_commands.c may return NULL. If the caller does not check for this, it will trigger a NULL pointer dereference. This will cause denial of service. This affects nfc_llcp_build_gb in net/nfc/llcp_core.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12818

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12818.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.19.28-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.19.28-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.19.28-1
debian debiansidfixed4.19.28-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.19.28-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.