CVE-2021-3587

Publication date 31 May 2021

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2021-38208. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2021-38208. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2021-38208 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle failed connect events leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-aws 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1016.17
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1055.58
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1110.117
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-gcp-edge 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-31.33
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life, was pending
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-81.91
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-154.161
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-aws-5.0 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1055.58~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.8.0-1042.44~20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1110.117~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1013.14
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1056.58
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1122.135~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.15.0-1122.135~14.04.1
linux-azure-4.15 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1122.135
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1056.58~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.8.0-1040.43~20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-bluefield 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-dell300x 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support, was pending
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1017.19
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.55
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1107.121~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1107.121
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.55~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.8.0-1039.41
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.54
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.54~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.23
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.23~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-154.161~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.11 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-81.91~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1014.15
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1045.47
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1098.100
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-oem 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.10.0-1038.40
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1016.17
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1053.57
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.87
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.87~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1053.57~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.8.0-1038.39~20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1016.17
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1042.46
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1042.46~18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1094.100
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support, was needed
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.11.0-1017.18
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.11 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1111.120
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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