What is GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh?

GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh cover?

GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-38206. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh?

GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqhMediumCVSS 5.5

The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-38206 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38206
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bddc0c411a45d3718ac535a070f349be8eca8d48
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.13
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmfg-qv3m-chqh