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CVE-2017-18079

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.074

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3219-1) linux-image-generic_3.13.0.149.159_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3219-1) linux-image-lowlatency_3.13.0.149.159_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3594-1) linux-image-generic_3.13.0.149.159_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3594-1) linux-image-lowlatency_3.13.0.149.159_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3655-1) linux-image-3.13.0-149-generic_3.13.0-149.199_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3655-1) linux-image-3.13.0-149-generic_3.13.0-149.199_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3655-1) linux-image-3.13.0-149-lowlatency_3.13.0-149.199_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3655-1) linux-image-3.13.0-149-lowlatency_3.13.0-149.199_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek update (ELSA-2019-4316) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek update (ELSA-2019-4316) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234