vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-15437: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 23, 2020 | May 4, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 23, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Sep 15, 2022
Description
The Linux kernel before version 5.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:serial8250_isa_init_ports() that allows local users to cause a denial of service by using the p->serial_in pointer which uninitialized.
Solution
alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

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