UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18079
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18079
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3655-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3655-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18079
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4