CVE-2017-18079 | BDVDB-2026-95843 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.