CVE-2017-18079

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-18079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-29 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-07 22:17:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes
Linux Kernel 'drivers/input/serio/i8042.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Input: i8042 - fix crash at boot time · torvalds/linux@340d394 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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