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2018-01-29
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.
| Products | Ubuntu_linux, Linux_kernel |
| Type | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
| First patch |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226 |
| Patches | http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226 |
| Relevant file/s | ./drivers/input/serio/i8042.c (modified, +9, -3) |
| Links |
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895 |
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