CVE - CVE-2017-18079

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-18079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:102895 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226 CONFIRM:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4 UBUNTU:USN-3655-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3655-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180128	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180128)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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