CVE-2017-18079

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-01-29
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

drivers/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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4317	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4315	2019-01-03
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4317	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4315	2019-01-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2019-0002	2019-02-04