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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-15437: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-15437: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/23/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

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(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

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